On June 12, 2019 political counsellors of embassies of European Union member countries in Ukraine visited Yuzhnoye SDO and SE PA Yuzhmash. The delegation, led by head of department of EU representation in Ukraine Fabio Della Piazza, consisted of political counsellors of Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, France, Sweden and Estonia embassies, as well as EU representation in Ukraine and EU Consultation Mission in Ukraine.

The foreign guests were acquainted with activity of Ukraine’s leading aerospace enterprises, visited SC assembling department, computer center with super computer and multifunction test system at Yuzhnoye and main assembly workshop of launch vehicles at Yuzhmash.

This visit of diplomats to the Eastern Ukraine has become a part of a three-day mission; the purpose of the mission is to become acquainted with development dynamics of Pokrovsk, Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine. In the course of the tour, meetings were held with representatives of regional authorities, local industry and territorial communities. This kind of visit to regions have already become a tradition and is carried out by counsellors of embassies of EU member countries twice a year.