KIEV, April 14 – The National Bank of Ukraine said that the foreign exchange market has stabilized in recent weeks and that it has started working on the gradual removal of restrictions on foreign exchange transactions in line with the commitments under the new program of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.

"There are grounds to speak about the achievement of equilibrium on the foreign exchange market... That's why the National Bank has noted the existence of prerequisites for liberalization of the market and easing some restrictions," the central bank's governor, Valeriya Gontareva, said at a weekly meeting with bankers on Tuesday.