The U.S. delegation in Poland at events on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz will present Finance Minister Jacob Lew, who on the next day they will visit Kiev to discuss additional assistance to Ukraine.
" On Tuesday, January 27, Secretary Lew will lead the presidential Delegation to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp) Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland Auschwitz, according to the report of the Ministry of Finance. It is expected that the Russian Federation on the events at Auschwitz, which organizers expect More than twenty delegations from all over the world, will represent the head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov, RIA " Novosti ". Upon completion of the visit to Poland, he " will visit Kiev on 28 January, where he will meet with senior administration officials to discuss the additional assistance of the United States, which was announced last week ". The U.S. is the leading donor of Ukraine, both in the IMF and the world Bank, and bilateral channels. The U.S. has already provided in 2014 guarantees of Ukraine's debt to $ 1 billion and military assistance to more than 300 million dollars. In the current fiscal year, the U.S. will provide Ukraine warranty for another $ 1 billion, the possibility of doubling the guarantee amount. Kiev will be the final stage of the European tour of the U.S. Treasury, which starts on 22 January at the world economic forum in Davos, Switzerland. Then, according to the plan, on January 25, he will go to Paris, where he expected to meet with his French counterpart. On the first day of the week the head of the U.S. Treasury is expected in Brussels, where he held his dialogues with representatives of the European Commission.


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