KIEV, Dec. 22 – Ukraine and the European Investment Bank have signed an agreement on lending EUR 200 million to Ukraine under the Ukraine Early Recovery project.

The document was signed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Areseniy Yatseniuk and EIB Vice President Laszlo Baranyay in Kiev on Monday, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

The EIB Board of Directors approved the draft agreement on December 16, 2014, and the Ukrainian government approved on December 19.