KYIV. Sept 25 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has discussed the privatization of state-run enterprises with representatives of international financial institutions and diplomatic missions in Ukraine.
“Special attention was paid to the privatization of state-run enterprises in Ukraine, the provision of its openness, transparency and competitiveness. The Ukrainian prime minister asked representatives of international society in Ukraine to support the privatization process with the relevant expert evaluation,” the press service of the Ukrainian government has reported.
Yatseniuk met Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski, Chief of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission to Ukraine Nikolay Gueorguiev, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Jerome Vacher, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Director for Ukraine Sevki Acuner, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Country Head in Ukraine and Belarus Rufat Alimardanov, top managers of the U.S. Agency for International Development and representatives of the U.S. Embassy to Ukraine in Kyiv on Thursday.
The participants of the meeting exchanged opinions on the urgent tasks of privatization, top-priority measures to improve the management of state-owned facilities, the creation of legal preconditions to accelerate the privatization process, and how to ensure that privatized enterprises function efficiently.
