On October 12, 2017 the statutory meeting of the Ukrainian-Dutch Joint Business Council was held in Wassenaar, The Netherlands.

The event co-chaired by VNO-NCW President Mr. Hans de Boer and Ukrainian businessman, ex-Minister of agriculture and food of Ukraine Mr. Oleksiy Pavlenko brought together representatives of MFA of the Netherlands, RVO, Dutch business, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Embassies of the Netherlands in Ukraine and Ukraine in the Netherlands.

The participants discussed a broad range of issues of the Dutch-Ukrainian trade, economic and investment cooperation, as well as a number of practical aspects of the JBC functioning.

The event has resulted in a number of practical arrangements, in particular on holding in December this year in Rotterdam under the auspices of the JBC a business conference on innovations in agree-food and logistics.