The Government of Ukraine praises the financial support provided last year by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and its readiness to cooperate in the next two years. This was announced the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Kistion in the course of the meeting with Francis Malige, Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus for the EBRD.

"The Government has unwavering commitment to implementing reforms, and therefore appreciates the assistance of the EBRD in the implementation of reforms both in energy and in transport infrastructure. The credit aid of the EBRD in the next two years will allow to upgrade the fleet of Ukrzaliznytsya, upgrade Ukrenergo substations, improve the Dnipro River infrastructure, attract investments in Ukrainian gas production," stressed the Vice Prime Minister.

He expressed once again his gratitude to the EBRD for the assistance in forming a new Supervisory Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and in participating in the competitive selection of independent members of the Supervisory Board for a new independent gas transportation operator - PJSC Trunk Gas Pipelines of Ukraine.

In turn, Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus for the EBRD, highly appreciated the transparency of the first stage of selection of the Supervisory Board of PJSC Trunk Gas Pipelines of Ukraine.