KIEV, Feb. 1 ??“ First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov and Director of the World Bank for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Paul Bermingham on Thursday discussed the preparation of a new World-Bank-Ukraine partnership strategy, the Finance Ministry reported.

"The sides discussed the preparation of a new partnership strategy between the World Bank and Ukraine for signing, as well as a future meeting between Mykola Azarov and World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Shigeo Katsu," according to the report.