Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at a meeting of the National Reforms Council has said that he is not satisfied with the pace of reforms.

"Expectations of our citizens and abroad regarding reforms are high. I'm as president absolutely not satisfied with the pace of reforms," the press service said on Wednesday, citing Poroshenko.

The president said that the National Reforms Council is working, and it is an important and effective instrument. The head of state urged to hold discussion on reforms in the National Reforms Council, which would allow increasing the number of supported government's decisions in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.

"The passing of reform initiatives via the government and Verkhovna Rada should be as quick as possible," he said.

The head of state pointed at the necessity of increasing coordination in reform conducting and ordered Head of Presidential Administration Borys Lozhkin to join the coordination process and said that the decree under which Lozhkin is appointed Deputy Head of the National Reforms Council has been signed. Lozhkin will coordinate and control the implementation of the council's decisions.

"I'm waiting for effective steps in this direction," Poroshenko said.

The press service reported that the National Reforms Council at the seventh meeting considered several issues, particularly, the measures to liberalize visa regime between Ukraine and the EU.