OREANDA-NEWS. May 24, 2012. President Viktor Yanukovych believes that social initiatives should be supported by projects to create new jobs, raise salaries, etc., he said at his today’s meeting with the Verkhovna Rada Speaker and parliamentary group leaders. “This is the base of sustainable economic development,” he added.

The President also said that it is important to focus the efforts of the Parliament on passing bills that would limit the interference of controlling bodies in the work of businessmen, ensure the compliance of business entities with loan agreements, introduce the condition that enterprises taking part in public procurement bidding process must have production in Ukraine, introduce mechanisms of state support of export activities, etc.