The meeting of the Board of Directors of the IMF on the issue of granting Ukraine a new aid package of $ 17, $ 5 billion is scheduled on March eleven, the Agency reports citing the message of the Foundation.

before of this was reported by Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko.

As emphasized in the statement of the IMF, the Authorized Fund in close cooperation with the Ukrainian Central Bank and ready to assist Ukrainian specialists in the creation of measures to restore the level of supply and demand for foreign currency.

first, the IMF decided to make a wider programme of support for Ukraine's supposedly 17, 5 billion dollars. In total financing from the IMF and from other sources for four years could reach $ 40 billion. It is assumed that the Fund's Board of Directors approved the allocation of a new aid package to Ukraine at the end of February - beginning of March.

The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said that Kyiv hopes that the size of the first tranche under the new IMF loan program will be as large As possible.

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