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Editor’s note: The following are remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch who was one of the keynote speakers at the 14th Dragon Capital Investor Conference at Kyiv’s Hyatt Regency hotel on March 1.

“I know that most of you here are from the financial world, assessing if Ukraine is a right place for your money, but also your time. I’m a diplomat, not a banker. But I can certainly relate to that because we have to make those kinds of decisions all the time as well.”

Read the remarks here.