Viktor Yanukovych to Attend the 40th World Economic Forum in Davos

KIEV, Ukraine, January 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- President of Ukraine will attend the 40th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, on January 27-28. This year's WEF meeting, themed "common rules for new reality", is expected to outline new models of interaction that can contribute to overcoming differences between the centers of the multipolar world, and provide a comprehensive growth of investments.

According to Serhiy Liovochkin, the head of the Presidential administration, on January 27 Viktor Yanukovych will take part in online discussions entitled, "From Austria to Central Asia: trends in investment and competitiveness in the next decade", hosted by the Austrian government and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

On January 28th, Victor Yanukovych together with Bronislaw Komorowski will participate in the 7th Davos Ukrainian Lunch and discuss the role of EURO 2012 in the development of Ukraine and Poland.

Ukrainian leader will also attend a European Energy Future session, where he is planning to discuss the importance and relevance of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant issues, including proper implementation of the Chernobyl Projects, highlighting a number of events planned for this spring in Kiev, particularly a high-level International Conference - "Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl disaster. Security of the Future."

Liovochkin said that while in Davos the Ukrainian Presidentplans to meet with President of Azerbaijan Aliyev, President of Poland Komorowski, UN Secretary General Ki-moon, and EBRD President Mirow.

"The most decisive success factors on the global, national and business level will be the ability to anticipate manage and mitigate risks", said the founder of the Forum Klaus Schwab in his interview to the Economist. Klaus Schwab stressed, that this year will be a decisive year. Therefore, the participation of Viktor Yanukovych in the anniversary World Economic Forum is more meaningful and significant than ever both for Ukraine and the Forum.

For four decades, this annual meeting has provided leaders from industry, government, academia, civil society and the media with an unrivalled platform to shape the global agenda and catalyse solutions at the start of each year.