Ukraine’s new government is ready to continue reforms, NBU Chairwoman assured the Fund’s representatives, Correspondent.net reports.
Ukraine will continue cooperation with IMF on Extended Financing Facility (EFF) and is ready for further implementation of reforms, as it is said in National Bank’s message as per results of Valeria Hontareva’s visit to annual IMF and World Bank “Spring Meetings”.
“Reforms, which are envisaged in IMF program, are top-priority for us. At the meeting we confirmed that Ukraine is in program and new government will encourage cooperation with IMF”, the message says.
The National Bank informs that during the meeting with Ukrainian delegation Managing Director Christine Lagarde stated that the Fund is ready to continue supporting Ukraine in implementation of economic reforms and announced about IMF mission visit to Ukraine in the near future.
During her visit Hontareva also met with US Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs Nathan Sheets, Governors of Bank of England Mark Carney, Riksbank (Sweden) Stefan Ingves, National Bank of Austria Ewald Nowotny, National Bank of Georgia Koba Gvenetadze, Head of Latvian Financial and Capital Market Commission Peteris Putnins and Citi Bank representatives.
IMF repeatedly claimed that the Fund expects for the clarification of the situation around Ukraine’s government and sustainability of parliamentary coalition as well as demonstration of the fight with corruption and readiness of continuing reforms for completion of the second revision of the program and allocation of the third tranche.
It should be noted that the multi-billion IMF program has been suspended since the last autumn, Kyiv finally obtained only the first tranche of funds for $5 billion and second – for $1.7 billion.