Private Creditors of Ukraine by the majority which is 75% of the votes in the Committee of creditors have reached the conclusion on the write-off of debts of Ukraine in the amount of $ 3 billion and debt restructuring 8. 5 billion dollars, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

"Creditors of Ukraine by the majority, which is more than 75% of the votes in the Committee of creditors have reached the conclusion on the write-off of debts of Ukraine for a total amount of 3 billion USD and debt restructuring for a total amount of 8. 5 billion dollars ", - said Yatsenyuk at a press conference on Thursday.

According to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Kiev, despite the difficult monetary situation in the country turned out to defend the increase in public debt.

"This morning I looked at the statistics regarding the debt we have at the beginning of 2014 the total volume of external debt of Ukraine amounted to 73, 1 billion dollars, that's what we took the country in fact, two years ago. As of September 1 of the current year's state and guaranteed debt is 70, 5 billion is a response to the question whether increasing foreign debts ", - said Yatsenyuk.

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