
Talks with the management of international financial institutions will be one of the main issues during Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's working visit to the United States of America, the presidential press service has recently reported.
"One of the main directions of the working visit will be talks with international finance organizations, which will credit Ukraine early next month," a member of the official Ukrainian delegation, Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko, said on April 12.
He added that during the negotiations, the Ukrainian party would discuss the reforms being conducted by the new government.
First Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration Iryna Akimova, in her turn, mentioned that work had already been held with many international financial organizations on "concrete bills proposed by the [Ukrainian] president," and, first and foremost, on the state budget for 2010.
"The president has gathered the efforts of all branches of power in their work on the budget, owing to which the budget's macroeconomic figures were optimized in order to get optimal conditions for improving the investment climate and attracting other resources to finance the economy," she added.
Akimova also admitted that during the negotiations between Yanukovych and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Washington, the Ukrainian party would confirm its desire to continue its cooperation with the IMF and inform the fund about the measures being taken, first of all, "to decrease the budget deficit in the balance of national JSC Naftogaz Ukrainy."
The negotiations between Yanukovych and Strauss-Kahn are planned in Washington on Monday.
On Tuesday, Yanukovych will meet with the World Bank president.
As it was reported, the Ukrainian president is on a two-day working visit to the United States where he will attend the Global Nuclear Security Summit. |