IMF: the conflict in Ukraine will not affect the evaluation of the performance of the loan
The head of the IMF mission in Ukraine Jerome Your said that the possible introduction of the military situation in the East will not affect the evaluation of the implementation of Kiev of credit stand-by program.
" From a legal point of view, the fact that the status will be changed, for example, the military situation, This does not affect our valuation. We consider the policy numbers and the extent to which a conflict may threaten the tax provisions and provisions in the financial sector, " said Your in the program " Freedom of speech " Ukrainian TV channel in Tuesday night. According to him, for the IMF, it is important that the Ukrainian government was committed to reform and Fund underline this commitment, despite the complexity of the rules."
Kyiv authorities and self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people's Republic came to an agreement on the truce in Minsk on 5 September, which came into force on 19. 00 GMT the same day. On the First day of the weekend, both sides claimed violations of the ceasefire. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Sunday said that Ukraine will have to enter the military situation in the Donbass, if reached a truce will not bring positive results.
Ukraine in the beginning of autumn has received the second tranche of the IMF loan in the amount of about 1, $ 39 billion. 1st tranche 3 $ 2 billion Kyiv received in may. The Fund confirmed that as long as Kyiv observe the terms of the agreements. This makes it possible to release in mid-December of the next tranche of IMF assistance in the amount of about 2, 7 billion. A total difficulties IMF blesed the allocation of Ukraine of 17 billion dollars to stabilize the budget in terms of political and economic decline.
The Fund had previously stated that the Ukrainian authorities may require additional external financing in 19 billion under the adverse scenario, and the continued fighting in the East of the country in 2015.
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