10 June 2009, 18:01
On Wednesday, Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, met the delegation of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
At the beginning of the meeting the Head of the Parliament stressed that dialogue between Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was efficient. "There are all grounds for declaring efficiency of the dialogue between Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which is testified by the issue of a loan for Ukraine for the implementation of a great many projects", - stated V.Lytvyn.
As it was declared at the meeting, for the entire period of cooperation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development made investments to Ukraine for the total sum of 4,4 billion EUR within the scope of implementation of almost 200 projects. In 2008, the funding of the projects increased by 1,1 billion EUR.
In his turn, Terry Brown, Head of the Delegation of the Board of. Directors of EBRD, stated that the visit "aimed at better understanding of the changes in Ukraine and making conclusions concerning overcoming of the crisis".
V.Lytvyn responded that situation was aggravated by the confrontation between Ukrainian politicians. He deems necessary to secure social responsibility of big national business, "as it is accumulated in the sectors that make national products of Ukraine". According to V.Lytvyn, such sectors include metallurgy and chemical industry.
According to V.Lytvyn, the cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is of great importance, as well as cooperation with other international financial institutions. "Conclusions of financial institutions concerning certain documents render a possibility for the parliament to adopt proper resolutions", - he stated.