The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to invest at least EUR 1.5 billion in Ukraine by 2025.
This was reported by EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso in an interview with Reuters, Economic Pravda writes.
After the end of the war, this amount may increase to EUR 3 billion annually.
According to her, the bank will focus on supporting the private sector, energy, infrastructure and transport.
"Our plan is to maintain this level of investment. We aim to provide at least EUR 1.5 billion, but if we can do more, we will do it," Renaud-Basso noted.
Energy will continue to be a priority in 2025 and in the future.
The EBRD President noted that modernization and development of renewable energy sources can become a key factor in attracting private capital after the war.
"There is huge potential that can attract significant interest from foreign investors. This will create high activity in the country and become a real stimulus for economic growth," Renaud-Basso emphasized.
The bank will also support Ukrzaliznytsia and help restore cargo insurance, which disappeared due to the war.
"We hope to restore this market so that businesses have access to such services," the EBRD President added.
During her stay in Kyiv, she met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and discussed new investment projects for Ukrainian companies.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invested a record almost EUR 2.4 billion in Ukraine in 2024 after EUR 2.1 billion in 2023.
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