Yushchenko has demanded not to sell land to foreigners

Our Ukraine party opposes the government's intentions to open its market of Ukrainian land to foreigners and the sale of agricultural land to foreign citizens and companies with foreign capital. It is said in the statement of the party. "Land is the largest national capital and strategic resources of the country, the preservation of which the property of Ukrainian citizens is a guarantee Ukraine's sovereignty and prosperity of every Ukrainian," - said in a statement. According to Our Ukraine, Ukrainian permission to sell land to foreigners would lead to foreign control over the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, which today ranks among the three largest exporters of agricultural products. "We can assume that, having property in the Ukrainian land, foreigners will be guided by non-food needs of Ukraine or the social problems of the Ukrainian village and demand in international markets. As a result, Ukrainians get the world price of food" - note in the party, also " Our Ukraine have raised concerns that selling land to foreign capital, the state would lose the real levers of the agricultural and food markets, and finally entrenched in the status of raw materials appendage to developed countries. Also, the opposition warned government against repeating the Argentine scenario, as a result of default in 2002 the state was forced to pay for public debt is the earth. As we know, March 29, First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Irina Akimova said that foreign companies and citizens should obtain the right to buy land in Ukraine after the market introduction of agricultural land in Ukraine. Ministry of Industry