Germany welcomes the decision by the IMF to allocate financial aid to Ukraine, which will give you the opportunity to give the economy " immediate relief ", said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The Board of Directors of the IMF on Wednesday blesed four-year program of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 17, 5 billion dollars. The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said that Kyiv expects "today or tomorrow" the admission of the first tranche of the loan from the IMF in the amount of about us $ 5 billion.

"Only a strong and internally stable Ukraine will be able to cross this conflict (in the East). For this reason critical for us to help normalize the situation in the country

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