KIEV, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday he had signed a law, which gives the greenlight to the creation of a supreme anticorruption court.

"This is a key milestone in the creation of an independent anticorruption infrastructure in our country," Poroshenko wrote on Facebook.

According to the legislation, which was adopted by the Ukrainian parliament last week, the supreme anticorruption court will serve both as the court of the first instance and the court of appeal in Ukraine.

The law also stipulates that a council of seven international experts, whose candidacies will be submitted by Ukraine's international partners, will form part of the court.

In February, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demanded the establishment of the anticorruption court as a precondition for continuing its 17.5-billion-U.S.-dollar cooperation program for Ukraine.

Under the program launched in 2015, the eastern European country has received about 8.7 billion dollars. The disbursement of the aid was suspended in April 2017.