KIEV, Sept. 9 - Kiev will host the Eurovision song contest properly and on the highest level, the Ukrainian capital's mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

"The capital is objectively the best prepared and suitable city for hosting events of this level. Besides its experience of conducting Eurovision, which Kiev hosted in 2005, the Ukrainian capital also hosted the final of the European football championship, Euro 2012. So we do have the positive experience and every possibility to prepare duly and on the highest level to conduct the contest in the capital," Klitschko said at a briefing in Kiev on Friday.

The contest will be held at the International Exhibition Center (IEC) on the left bank of Dnipro River, because it has a capacity of up to 50,000 spectators, he said.