Ambassador names Ukraine’s industries French business interested in

"The French side is interested in the development of nuclear capacities (new opportunities for cooperation in this area are opening up), in the development of lithium deposits. Only two countries in Europe have large lithium deposits: Portugal and Ukraine. There are four fields in our country, two of which are located in the zone where military operations are going on," Ambassador of Ukraine to France Vadym Omelchenko told Lb.ua in an interview.

According to him, the French side's participation in humanitarian demining also has good prospects. "French companies addressed the embassy, and we gave the Government proposals for assistance in this important area. Moreover, the French are ready to get to work right now," the Ambassador of Ukraine emphasized.

He noted that French companies were also interested in construction and infrastructure restoration. In this context, the Ambassador gave as an example the work of the Neo-Eco company which has unique technologies that help restore destroyed houses from scratch. It has already restored 25 houses in Hostomel, the diplomat said.

In addition, the French are currently also interested in the transport sector.

"Just recently, the implementation of the project to purchase 19,000 tonnes of rails for Ukrzaliznytsia began. We expect the start of negotiations with the Alstom company which is also ready to compete in the restoration market," Omelchenko said.

As reported, France will allocate an additional 40 million euros in financial aid to Ukraine for 2023.