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Direct flights with Dubai will boost Ukraine-UAE business ties

Daily flights from Dubai to Kyiv, which were started up by Emirates Airlines on January 21, 2014, are expected to increase the movement of business professionals from both sides and to thus foster trade and business ties between Ukraine and the UAE, said Ghennadiy Chyzhykov, president of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, during a roundtable in the offices of the Chamber January 20.

Ukraine wants to resume poultry exports to Saudi Arabia

Ukraine is keen to renew exports of poultry meat to Saudi Arabia, which was frozen by the Saudi side in 2008, was the consensus during a meeting between Ukraine’s Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Mykola Prysiazhniuk and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Judiya Alhathal, reports the press service of Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry.

Emirates Airlines begins to offer direct flights from Dubai to Kyiv

On January 21, Emirates Airlines opened a new, 35th destination to European countries, daily flights to Kyiv from Dubai, the air carrier’s press service announced.

Steel stockpiles in Ukrainian ports hit 5-year high, over 2mn t

Some 2.2mn tonnes of flat-rolled products, in which 1.6mn tonnes are Ukrainian-made, have piled up in the country’s ports, the highest level since 2009. In December 2013, Ukrainian steel enterprises produced more than they could sell.

Ukraine could play a key role in overcoming world hunger

Ukraine is capable of playing a key role in overcoming famine in the world. For many years, the country’s farm sector has produced more agricultural products than are needed on the domestic market, which makes Ukraine a promising potential supplier of food to world markets. In addition, the domestic farm sector can significantly increase its output, the only contingent being investment. Deputy Minister for Agricultural Policy and Food Oleksandr Sen spoke during a panel discussion called “Eastern Europe as a key region for overcoming challenges in food security,” which took place in Berlin during an exhibition called International Green Week 2014.