The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said on Wednesday that Between the United States and Ukraine signed a Declaration on cooperation in the provision of credit guarantees, the U.S. Government will provide the country a loan guarantee for $ 2 billion.

" Between the United States and Ukraine signed a Declaration on cooperation in the provision of credit guarantees. The U.S. government provides Ukraine credit guarantees for 2 billion dollars, " Jaresko said at a press conference following the meeting with US Treasury Secretary Jacob Joseph Lew in Kiev.

for its part, the US Treasury Secretary, explained that, under the agreement, the US Government during the first half of 2015 will provide credit guarantees in the amount of $ 1 billion, provided that Kiev will continue to implement reforms.

"We also suggested that We ask our Congress to allocate an additional $ 1 billion, and the total amount of guarantees will be 3 billion dollars, if Ukraine will remain committed to reform," said the Minister of Finance of the United States. According to him, the 1st billion in credit guarantees will enable Ukraine to Finance " social needs and to protect the most vulnerable residents ".

Now 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. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that in 2015, the country faces the challenge to survive, it will be difficult to absolutely all social strata. The authorities want to improve the situation of foreign borrowing.

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