KYIV, Sept 17 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has met with Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Alain Pilloux and discussed further cooperation with the bank, expressing the hope that the bank in the coming years would boost investment in Ukraine to over EUR 1 billion a year.

"The head of state said that this meeting is important for the economy and investment climate in Ukraine. He said that our country appreciates cooperation with international partners such as the IMF [the International Monetary Fund], EBRD and the World Bank, and assured of its readiness to develop it," the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state reported on Tuesday.