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Ukraine hopes for signing financial aid agreements with IMF, US

KIEV, March 04. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine hopes to sign financial aid agreements with the United States and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), incumbent acting Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk told journalists on Tuesday.

“Our key goal is to ensure stability in the country,” he said. “The budget is empty. Customs and tax revenues have shrunk. We are in talks with the International Monetary Fund. An IMF mission has started its work in Kiev. We hope an agreement with the International Monetary Fund will be finally worked out and signed, as an agreement with the United States.”

He refused to disclose the sum of expected financial aid from the International Monetary Fund and the United States until the relevant agreements were signed.