An anti-corruption bureau in Ukraine should be created by January 25, 2015, Executive Director of the National Council of Reforms and Deputy Presidential Chief of Staff Dmitry Shymkiv said.

A bureau director should also be appointed by January 25, 2014, he said at a briefing after the first meeting of the National Council of Reforms in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Three representatives of the bureau from the president and the government each have already been shortlisted. Three more representatives are to be appointed by the Ukrainian parliament.

The creation of a national anti-corruption agency was also on the agenda of the Council meeting, Shymkiv added.