Yurii Prodan meets with IMF mission to Ukraine
Today,
March 5, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yurii
Prodan met with members of IMF mission to Ukraine. The
event was held in the framework of a visit by the IMF mission to Ukraine headed
by Nikolay Gueorguiev.
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During the meeting were
also present representatives of the National Bank of Ukraine and the Naftogaz of Ukraine. The event took place at the
request of Ukraine’s authorities and aimed at gathering factual information,
that is to be used to assess the current situation and discuss the economic
reforming, which could become the basis for the programs supported by the IMF.
The parties considered issues
of financial state of the Naftogaz of Ukraine,
predictive amounts of natural gas procurement in 2014, planned increase of
tariffs for gas and heating. The Ukrainian side
informed there had been prepared several tariff forming projects, including those
depending on the price for gas imported by Ukraine. On the outcomes of the
meeting the parties agreed to hold another round of talks in the nearest time
to discuss concrete steps to receive the loans. |