KIEV, April 17 – Support of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Commission and other international organizations and active actions taken by the National Bank of Ukraine against speculators and conversion centers will result in the strengthening of the hryvnia, PrivatBank Chairman Oleksandr Dubilet has said.

"The active position towards speculators creates preconditions for the strengthening of the hryvnia exchange rate using market and not administrative methods," reads a posting on the bank's Web site made on Wednesday, citing Dubilet.