Alexey Bogdanovsky. The managing Director of the international monetary Fund Christine Lagarde met on Wednesday with Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Minister of Finance Natalia Jaresko, said the press service of the Fund.

They discussed the current economic situation and the reform programme for Ukraine, which is held under the auspices of the IMF, said the Fund, without going into Details.

first of authorized Fund supported the restructuring of the debt of Ukraine, which Kiev until cannot come to a consensus with private creditors. IMF is the largest official creditor of Ukraine, issued loans not subject to restructuring.


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.

Economist Paul Nefedov:

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