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Polish V4 presidency to focus on innovations, start-ups

Xinhua, July 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Polish presidency of the Visegrad Group (V4)in the economic field will focus on innovation, development of start-ups, the policy of cohesion and the EU's market unity, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday.

Morawiecki met with representatives of economy ministries from other Visegrad Group countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, as well as non-Visegrad countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and Romania.

During the press conference after the meeting, Morawiecki introduced the main goals of the Polish presidency.

He underlined the fact that the Visegrad Group had a lot in common as well as innovation and start-up are concerned.

"We were able to create the biggest public fund for start-ups in Central Europe," Morawiecki said, "of 3,5 billion zloty and another 3,5 billion zloty from the venture capital, I believe it is a good basis, attracting attention not only to Polish start-ups, but also to start-ups from the whole Central Europe."

Jiri Havlicek, deputy minister of industry and trade of the Czech Republic, said that Czech Republic during its presidency also focused on innovations, start-ups. "We can see the continuation of many important topics in the Polish presidency and we are happy to support it," Havlicek said.

Poland has taken over the rotating presidency over V4 works since July 1. (1 U.S.dollar = 3.96 Polish zloty) Endit