PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENT VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH OF UKRAINE IN WASHINGTON ON APRIL 12 
President Yanukovych also to meet with U.S. business leaders at
meeting hosted by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Wash, D.C., Sat, Apr 10, 2010

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENT VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH OF UKRAINE IN WASHINGTON ON APRIL 12
President Yanukovych also to meet with U.S. business leaders

U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Wash, D.C., Sat, Apr 10, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C.  - The White House announced today that, "President Obama will meet with President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on April 12.  The United States and Ukraine enjoy strong bilateral relations and are working together through the Strategic Partnership Commission to advance our common agenda. 

"The President looks forward to his first opportunity to consult in person with newly-elected President Yanukovych on a broad range of issues of mutual concern, including nuclear non-proliferation, addressing the impacts of the global economic crisis, energy security and defense cooperation."
 
MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
Also on the occasion of the participation of the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, in the Nuclear Security Summit, the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine to the USA, will host President Yanukovych for a special meeting with over 150 leaders of the United States and international business community. 

President Yanukovych will address the business leaders on the economic, business and governmental issues which influence the new government's program to move Ukraine move out of the current economic crisis and towards positive economic growth.  The U.S-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) will sign a joint cooperation agreement with The Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs at the meeting.

UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
Attending the meeting for U.S. and international business leaders with President Yanukovych will be Serhiy Lyovochkin, Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine; Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Yuriy Boyko, Minister of Fuel and Energy; Fedir Yaroshenko, Minister of Finance; Irina Akimova, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration; Hanna Herman, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine; Andriy Goncharuk, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine; Anatoliy Kinakh, head of The Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Oleh Shamshur, Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA and Hennadii Nadolenko, Head of Trade and Economic Mission, Embassy of Ukraine to the USA. 

U.S. AMBASSADOR JOHN TEFFT AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES
John Tefft, Ambassador of the USA to Ukraine, will attend the Presidential Luncheon. Representatives of the IMF; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Export-Import Bank of the United States; U.S. Department of State; U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Department of the Treasury; U.S. Department of Defense; National Security Council; Helsinki Commission; the U.S. Institute of Peace; Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development will also attend the business leaders meeting with the President of Ukraine.

USUBC MEMBER CORPORATE SPONSORS FOR LUNCHEON
USUBC member corporate sponsors for the business leaders meeting with President Yanukovych include lead sponsor Winner Automotive USA/Winner Imports Ukraine, Ltd (Ford, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Porsche) with supporting sponsors Bunge; Cargill; Case New Holland; Chevron; SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Group; PetRus USA; and WJ Agricultural Group/Polygrain. 

COMPANIES REPRESENTED INCLUDE
Some of the companies whose representatives will attend the business leaders meeting with President Yanukovych will be: AES; AnaCom; ArcelorMittal Americas; Archer Daniels Midland (ADM); Amity Technology; Baker & McKenzie; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Boeing; Bracewell & Giuliani; Broad Street Capital Group; Bunge; Cargill; Case New Holland; Chevron; and Cisco Systems.

Citigroup; Coca-Cola; ContourGlobal; DHL Express; DRS Defense Technologies; DETEK; Eli Lilly; Eurasia Business Consultancy; ExxonMobil; First International Resources; Great Plains Manufacturing; Halliburton; Heller & Rosenblatt; and Holtec International: IBM; InterContinental Hotels; John Deere; Kraft; Kyiv Global; Louis Dreyfus Commodities; Marks, Sokolov & Burd; Microsoft; Medtronic; and Omnicom Holdings will also be represented.

Additional companies attended the meeting with business leaders are PetRus USA; Philips Electronics; Proctor & Gamble; Raytheon; RZB Finance; Salans; Shell; SigmaBleyzer; Squire Sanders and Dempsey; State Import Export Bank of Ukraine; Sweet Analysis Services (SASI); Ukrainian Development Corporation; United Technologies/Pratt & Whitney; Umbra LLC; Vanco Exploration Company; Vanco Prykerchenska; Westinghouse; Winner Automotive/USA, Winner Imports/Ukraine; WJGroup/Polygrain; and Zurich Surety Credit and Political Risk.