Maria Knyazeva. The EU and Ukraine within the framework of the summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga signed the statement of understanding on the allocation of the EU approved before the 3rd package of macro-financial assistance to the country worth up to 1, 8 billion euros, reports journalist Last news .

This is the final stage of the assistance agreement. This year the European Commission made a proposal, and the EU institutions approved the allocation of this support. As stated above, the funds are expected to allocate in the form of loans in three tranches. They have the opportunity to be provided for 2 and a half years up to fifteen years.

before the EU source reported that the 1st tranche of 600 million euros has the ability to be listed by the end of June 2015, if the Memorandum will be signed in mid-may.

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