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The Ukrainian government hopes for a successful revision of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) credit program of stand-by in the near future, said in a statement on the government web site.

"The Ukrainian government is making every effort in order to fulfill its obligations to the IMF, and hopes for a successful revision of the program stand-by in the near future", - stated in the document referring to the statement of Deputy Prime Minister Grigory Nemyria made a meeting with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Friday.

According to the report, the meeting was held in the framework of the visit G. Nemyria to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos.

"The parties discussed the current state and prospects of cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF. Separately, they stopped on a set of issues that need further elaboration in the context of the continuation of the IMF program," - says the document.

As reported, the IMF, the fall of 2008, adopted a decision on granting Ukraine a loan of about $ 17 billion under the program stand-by. Of the three selected tranches totaling nearly $ 11 billion the first in a $ 4.5 billion in November 2008 received a National Bank, but the second, in May 2009, a $ 3 billion was divided equally between the NBU and the government, and a third in August , at $ 3.5 billion went entirely to the Government, to facilitate the implementation of the budget and the purchase of natural gas.

Isolation of the fourth tranche of $ 3.8 billion was planned for November up to the third revision of the program. Foundation"s mbccission completed its work in Kiev in late October, but did not make positive statements about the completion of the review. The IMF has repeatedly and publicly stated that he expects the formation of a consolidated position of the Ukrainian authorities in realization of anti-crisis actions.

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