The European Commission has decided to provide the Kiev medium-term loan in the amount of 1, 8 billion euros, said in Riga, head of the European Commission (EC) Jean-Claude Juncker.
" The European Commission has decided to provide monetary support to Ukraine. Our actions say louder than words, " said Junker.
The European Commission on Thursday proposed to provide Ukraine with additional macro-financial assistance from the EU in the amount of up to 1, 8 billion euros. First it was announced that Ukraine had asked the Commission an additional 2 billion euros.
in 2014, the EC has provided Ukraine 1, 3 billion euros within 2 macro-financial assistance programs.
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. The authorities want to improve the situation of foreign borrowing.
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