Media: the mission of the IMF resumed its work in Kyiv

The mission of the international monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday resumed its work in Kyiv for further negotiations on lending, reports Ukrainian citing a source in the government.

The head of the national Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva at the end of December, said that Kyiv hopes at the same time get 3 tranches of the IMF and additional financial assistance from the Fund. First, the IMF has already gone towards Ukraine, combining the third and fourth tranches. In the end currently being discussed selection 2, 7 billion. It was expected that the Mission will arrive in Kiev and will work from 8 January until the end of the month.

" The IMF mission arrived in Kyiv and started to work as planned ", - quotes the source expression of the Agency.

The IMF blesed cash assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 17 billion dollars to stabilize the budget in terms of political and economic decline. the 1st tranche of the IMF loan at 3, $ 2 billion Kyiv received in may, and the second tranche in the amount of about 1, 4 billion in the early autumn. The Ukrainian authorities hope for additional assistance from the IMF in the amount of fifteen billion dollars.

Ukraine is in a difficult political crisis, which affects its economy and the public sector, in fact the country is on the verge of default. The authorities want to improve the situation of foreign borrowing.


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