Amid war and economic collapse Ukraine’s economy minister has a portfolio not many politicians would envy. Lithuanian Aivaras Abromavicius was appointed to bring international expertise to the government.

Implementing reforms required by an IMF bailout is among his toughest challenges. He spoke to Euronews’ Ukraine bureau chief, Sergio Cantone

SC:.What kind of reforms are you ready to implement ?

AA: The main reforms are about deregulation, making a level playing field for all businesses in the country, improving the investment climate so that we will start getting foreign direct investments. The second is the state-owned enterprises’ reform. We have 1,900 state-owned enterprises, many of which are run as private entities for the benefit of private individuals and not for the state. We have a comprehensive plan how to change that, how to change CEOs in a transparent way, how to make those companies accountable.

SC: One of the worst problems of the country, when it comes to ref