The Minister of Finance of the USA Jacob Lew has essentially supported by the current authorities in Kiev in the dispute with creditors on the restructuring of Ukrainian debts.
Answering the question on any such information in the process of speech to an economic conference in the U.S. capital, he said that North America has brought the " victim ", endorsing the 2nd loan guarantee for Ukraine in the amount of $ 1 billion, and gave to understand that expecting the same from others." I think in this situation, so it all worked out, you will need a combination of willingness to make sacrifices, as well as enlightened self-interest, " said Lew. Literally, the term that he used, means " self-interest ", reports news Agency.
phrase American Minister was made on the background of difficult talks in Kiev with private creditors. Russia in these negotiations is not involved because he believes private loan Ukraine $ 3 billion sovereign and insists on his timely return. Before Tuesday's presidential press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called a step to the default of the decision of the Ukrainian Rada to provide the government the right to suspend payments on foreign liabilities. On Tuesday the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a law that will give the ability to suspend payments on restructured debt. Before that, it was announced that in the Verkhovna Rada registered a draft law of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, giving him the right to suspend payments on foreign debt obligations, trapped in the perimeter of the planned restructuring

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