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President Vladimir Putin met with Jean Lemierre, the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

May 23, 2001, The Kremlin, Moscow

Mr Putin said that Russia was willing to co-operate with the EBRD in banking and other spheres.

He said that market reforms were underway in Russia, and a package of measures had been produced to streamline legislation and carry out restructuring, starting with natural monopolies.

Mr Lemierre said, in his turn, that the EBRD had adopted a new programme for the period up to 2005, which envisaged extra allocations to support the Russian economy. The co-operation project for 2001, approved by the bank, earmarked more than 700 million Euros for investment in Russia.

May 23, 2001, The Kremlin, Moscow