The European Union wants this year to provide Ukraine 2, 1 billion euros, as well as among these reforms, according to the press service of the presidential administration of Ukraine referring to the European Commissioner for European neighbourhood policy and the negotiations on the extension Johannes Hahn.
on Thursday Khan met with the Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko.
"The sides discussed the prospects of Ukraine's macro-financial assistance from the European Union. The EU Commissioner said that this year the EU plans to provide Ukraine 2, 1 billion euros macro-financial assistance to promote reforms. Yohaness Khan spoke in support of Ukraine in the spring conference, which will focus on the reforms, and in the autumn - investments ", - informs the press-service of administration Poroshenko.
last week the IMF and the government of Ukraine agreed on the expansion of the program of financial support for the country's supposedly 17, 5 billion dollars. According to the head of the IMF Christine Lagarde, over 4 years will be able to collect a total of about $ 40 billion. The new program will be filled not only by the IMF, but also money from other sources, which have the opportunity to be the EBRD, the world Bank, the European Union.
The European Commission in January suggested the third package of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine from the EU on 1, 8 billion euros. Conclusion on the allocation of funds until it is not accepted.
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