UKRAINE: UKRAINIAN PREMIER UPBEAT ON IMF LOAN RESUMPTION.(Viktor Yushchenko; International Monetary Fund)(Brief Article)

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, March, 2000

Viktor Yushchenko on 17 March said he still hopes for new loans from the IMF, despite a statement by the fund last week saying that Ukraine misled the IMF in 1996-98. "We can look at the resumption of IMF credits for Ukraine with optimism," Yushchenko told journalists, adding that "we have an answer for renewal of the IMF program," AP reported.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has said an IMF mission will visit Kyiv in early April to discuss the resumption of loans. Interfax quoted U.S. Ambassador to Kyiv Steven Pifer as saying that Yushchenko's visit to Washington may take place in April. The visit, planned for this month, was canceled by Washington after the IMF accused Ukraine of misusing IMF loans. JM Copyright (c) 1999. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the...

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