Yanukovych would continue reforms after the crisis

The process of reforming Ukraine's economy will continue after the state of the financial crisis. This was stated by President Viktor Yanukovych, speaking at celebrations to mark the Day of Unification. The President called the essential problem of the Ukrainian economy physically worn, outdated production capacities, wasteful use of energy resources. "Without the modernization of industrial and agricultural production and infrastructure, without establishing mechanisms of innovation and continuous reproduction of capital investment activity and entrepreneurial initiatives of the population can not reverse this negative trend," - said the President. Yanukovych said that Ukraine was threatened consolidate her status as a "market poor quality and cheap raw materials." He also advocated that the state, capital and society found an understanding on the direction and specific tasks of reform. He added that the pension reform should go smoothly for the people. "We give people adequate compensation, and, secondly, we will not allow the growth of unemployment," - said Viktor Yanukovych. Also, he said, the queue - the continuation of reform of housing and communal services. "The quality of municipal services will improve, people will pay for only those services that are available", - promised Victor Yanukovych. In addition, the President noted that the authorities the task of "from scratch" to create a new national armed forces. "The state takes care of military security, starting with improving the social status of servicemen and the revival of fighting spirit - to the formation of a qualitatively new force structure, modernization of weapons and supplies of military doctrine for the challenges of the modern world", - concluded the President. As reported by the Presidential Administration, Viktor Yanukovych has identified 2011 as a principal in the reform of the country. Earlier, Viktor Yanukovych noted that overcoming the economic downturn, Ukraine has entered the stage of stable development. He recalled that at the end of 2010 GDP growth was about 5%, while industrial production - about 11%. In turn, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that in 2011 the government should be a year of particular cases. He added that the government, unfortunately, has a limited amount of financial resources, so that all efforts should be directed to the fact that the money to the penny were directed solely to cases that will improve people's lives. Ministry of Industry