Full results of Ukraine reforms to take years to be seen -finance minister

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman speaks during a meeting with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau in Trudeau's office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

TORONTO (Reuters) - It will take years for the full effects of reforms to be seen in Ukraine, where the government is trying to cast off Soviet-era institutions while clamping down on corruption, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said on Tuesday.

She made her remarks to a Toronto conference on reforms in Ukraine where other high-level participants stressed the need for major changes to the judiciary to give investors confidence.