KIEV, Feb. 27 - Ukraine is looking to bring the World Bank on board to help finance the modernization of the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod trunk gas pipeline, the overall price tag on which is an estimated $1.024 billion.

According to the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, this was discussed during a meeting involving Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky and World Bank Country Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldavia Qimiao Fan in Kiev on Tuesday.