Discussions underway since January had focused on guaranteeing central bank independence, uprooting corruption, overhauling the judicial system and also ensuring standard corporate governance.

Fitch Ratings confirmed the long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) of PrivatBank at “B” with a positive outlook. The stability rating was confirmed at “B”.

SOCAR plans to use the funds raised from the placement of bonds to finance obligations under various projects.

Fitch confirmed Ukreximbank’s resilience rating to “B-“, and the long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) of the state-owned PrivatBank, Oschadbank, Ukreximbank, and Ukrgasbank at “B” with a positive outlook.