KIEV, June 12 - The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, plans in 2017 to attract about $250 million for projects in Ukraine, which is significantly higher than 2016, Jason Pellmar, who on June 1 was appointed head of the IFC regional office in Belarus and Ukraine, told Interfax-Ukraine.

"We plan in June and over the next two or three months to invest and raise funds in the amount of about $150 million to support new projects and new customers. I think in general over 2017 we will reach a figure of about $250 million," he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.