KIEV, Feb. 16 – President Petro Poroshenko says that it is important to expand cooperation between Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, especially in the context of boosting investment.

"We count on a significant increase in investment by the EBRD. We are also hopeful that the Bank will support us on the way of reforms in the context of interaction with the National Reform Council," Poroshenko said, at a meeting with EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti in Kiev, the presidential press service reported.