Yatsenyuk tried to convince Parliament to adopt laws in order to receive IMF tranche

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk tried to convince parliamentary coalition to adopt the remaining laws needed To obtain the next IMF tranche, because Kiev " ought to go to the Board of Directors of the Fund until July 10.

international monetary Fund agreed on in March, a new program of financial assistance to Ukraine at USD 40 billion. 17, 5 billion dollars to provide the Fund itself. Kiev hopes to receive next tranche of 1, 7 billion dollars before the end of July. For this Rada should adopt a package of laws, some Of which was adopted by the national Assembly on first reading on Thursday. Yatsenyuk thanked the deputies for productive valaisiana for small government laws under the IMF programme.

"I hope that during the week, in the shortest time possible parliamentary coalition will make a second reading of these bills, because the 10th of the month (July - ed.) we ought already to go to the IMF Board of Directors in order to obtain the next tranche," said Yatsenyuk.

As said the other day the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko, the date of the meeting of the IMF's management in relation to the provision of financial assistance to Kiev will be defined as the country preconditions.


New credit IMF program For Ukraine provides for the allocation of Fund 17, 5 billion dollars, and all international creditors over four years - $ 40 billion, including the fifteen billion through debt restructuring. Under the terms of the IMF Ukraine should implement economic reforms. IMF specialists offer the Ukrainian government to focus on the reform of the revenue side of the budget, energy, industrial sector, as well as in the areas of education and health.

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