The Board of Directors of the International monetary Fund (IMF) has no plans in the next week to consider the allocation of Ukraine the fourth credit tranche. This is evidenced by the schedule of meetings is published on the IMF website.
So schedule the next meeting on February 17. Stated that this day held consultations with the government of Malta and post-program monitoring of the economy of Portugal. However, the issue of granting Ukraine a quadruple tranche of the schedule of meetings is missing.
We will remind, earlier the Minister sotspolitiki Andrey Reva said that one of the biggest obstacles to receiving the next loan tranche from the IMF is the Pension Fund deficit. Before the media reported that the IMF has put forward Ukraine seven new requirements, including raising the retirement age.
In turn, Vice-Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko has assured that the current government will not make any moves to raise the retirement age. In addition, the Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman notedthat the reports on raising the retirement age, which is allegedly required by the IMF, is subject to “intimidation”.
He already explained to Reva that pPensionny age in Ukraine will not raise, and all the recommendations of the IMF agreed during negotiations.
By the way, according to the head of the IMF Christine Lagarde, discuss the final technical issues of granting Ukraine the next tranche of macro-financial assistance can be expected within the next few days.
Ukraine and the IMF in March 2015 signed a Memorandum of economic and financial policies which the country should undertake in the framework of the extended Fund (EFF). Just program worked for Ukraine of about $ 17 billion of which have already been allocated 7,7 billion dollars.
So, in September 2016 after a delay of a year, the IMF has approved granting Ukraine the third tranche in the amount of one billion dollars.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine expects that the size of the fourth tranche of the IMF under the program of expanded financing will amount to 1 billion U.S. dollars.
