KHARKIV, Sept 28 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman believes the goal for 2018 is to achieve economic growth in the country in the amount of 5% of GDP.

"We need a quality economic environment, we need investments that will allow us to grow rapidly in 2018. Our goal is more than 5% of GDP. This is what is achievable, something that will make the development of our economy quite tangible," Groysman said during the national meeting "The strategic directions of machine building development in Ukraine: from regional initiatives to the national industrial policy" in Kharkiv.