KIEV, April 9 – The Japanese government has confirmed it plans to provide a JPY 108 billion loan to reconstruct the Bortnychi aeration station in Kiev, Kyivvodokanal Chairman and Director General Andriy Bilyk said at a roundtable talk in Kiev on Wednesday, with reference to tentative information from the Japanese Embassy in Ukraine.

"This is the official confirmation of plans of the Japanese government to support the financing of the project on the reconstruction of the Bortnychi aeration station in the amount of JPY 108 billion," he said.