The Japanese government adopted a conclusion on the allocation of Kyiv $ 100 million of macro-financial assistance, said on the last working day of the week the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Ukraine is on the verge of default. The European Bank for restoration and development predicts that the Ukrainian economy will shrink by 7% this year and will show zero growth in the upcoming. The Ukrainian authorities hope to save the country's economy have the possibility of external borrowing. In early may, the country received the 1st tranche of the IMF loan in the amount of 3 $ 2 billion. Kiev hopes on the last working day of the week on a positive IMF decision on the allocation of the second tranche of aid in the amount of 1, 4 billion dollars.

" The government of Japan adopted the conclusion on the allocation of $ 100 million of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. Today we get those 100 million dollars ", - said Yatsenyuk at the meeting of the government. However, he did not disclose the rules of assistance and where it will be directed.

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