KYIV, Nov 21 – Norwegian Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum has signed an agreement to provide funding of NOK 2 billion ($195.2 million) to enable Ukraine to purchase natural gas during the coming winter.

The statement on the website of the Norwegian government says that the funding will be channeled through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and it was First Vice President Jürgen Rigterink who signed the agreement on behalf of the bank in Oslo today.