OREANDA-NEWS. October 14, 2010. The President of Ukraine points out that he will make every effort to provide for efficient development of space-rocket industry of Ukraine. Viktor Yanukovych said about it answering the journalists’ question about the results of his working visit to Dnipropetrovsk region and, particularly, the meeting on development of the space-rocket enterprises.

The President of Ukraine underlined that all the points addressed at the meeting on development of the industry and military industrial complex as a whole will be followed up. “I will take personal concern over these issues and do everything for the space-rocket industry to develop and maintain Ukraine’s high status as a space state,” Viktor Yanukovych underlined.

The Head of state also informed that his orders within the framework of the working visit to Dnipropetrovsk region will cover a broad range of issues. “The construction of bypass highway and transport infrastructure around the city will be high on the agenda,” Viktor Yanukovych noted.

As regards to encouraging investment, the Head of state called it “an issue of state policy with a key role to be played by local authorities.” Viktor Yanukovych underlined that precisely local authorities should create comfort conditions for investors. “To this end, we have made decisions, and a regulatory reform targeted at 92% reduction of permits is underway,” the President highlighted.

The Head of state opined that the local authorities should develop on-site infrastructure. The matter concerns several companies which will prepare construction sites to facilitate further development of investment projects. “It is world practice, and it is very attractive,” the President said in this respect at today’s sitting of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee on Economic Reforms.

“The state should do everything at the legislative level in order to remove obstacles on investor’s way. We will do it in the near future,” Viktor Yanukovych summed up.