KIEV, April 22 – Ukraine greatly appreciates the support the World Bank has been rendering to Ukraine for the last 16 years, President Victor Yushchenko said at a meeting with World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Kiev on Tuesday, the presidential press service reported.

During the meeting, parties discussed topical points of the World Bank's activities in Ukraine, as well as the current tendencies of the global economy and their impact on Ukraine.