KIEV, May 15 – The National Bank of Ukraine and the People's Bank of China have signed a bilateral yuan-hryvnia forex swap agreement worth up to UAH 54 billion and CNY 15 billion in Shanghai on Friday.

"The new three-year agreement will take effect from June 23, 2015. At the same time an agreement signed between the NBU and the People's Bank of China in 2012 will be considered expired," the NBU reported on its blog.