Ukraine reached an agreement with major lenders to write off part of the debt and restructure its balance. The European Commission announced that it was satisfied with this decision. Petro Poroshenko also convinced that the conditions for all creditors, including Russia, must be the same.

Ukraine came to an agreement with creditors to write off a part of the public debt of 3.8 billion from 19.3 billion dollars. Payment of the remaining portion of the loan transferred from 2015-2023, 2019-2027 years.

The European Commission announced that it was satisfied with the agreement of Ukraine with creditors, informs RIA Novosti. "Undoubtedly, we accept with satisfaction the agreement, which was announced at the present time, between Ukraine and its creditors," - said the head of the European Commission Jean-Code Juncker.

Arrangement with creditors anticipates a 20% reduction in public debt and restructure its balance. Petro Poroshenko in the process of briefing with President Jean-Claude Juncker announced that the conditions for the restructuring of the loan must be the same for all creditors. "These conditions should be common to all, including the Russian Federation", - said the President of Ukraine.

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced that, thanks to the agreement with creditors, of a default in Ukraine did not happen - "to spite of enemies." "Few people relied on the fact that Ukraine will succeed in negotiations with external creditors. Predicted by our enemies, the default will not be held," he said.

The Prime Minister also added that savings the result of debt restructuring funds will be spent on "improving social stereotypes". "At the moment we are working on amending the law of Ukraine on state budget for 2015", - he told.
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