Ukraine’s payments on loans granted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approached $1 billion for the first time – In September, it was reported that the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance paid $882 million RIA News with reference to data from the country’s national bank.
This amount has become a record for the last eight years, until 2015 the National Bank of Ukraine did not provide such data. Compared with August, the amount increased by 2.3 times from $680 million.
While Ukraine paid 958.5 million dollars to all its creditors, including the World Bank and Western countries, in September, the IMF’s share among the recipients of these payments was 92 percent.
According to the IMF, Ukraine must pay another $730 million by the end of the year.
previously Ukraine accepted only half of the promised international financial aid.
Only loans and grants were taken into account, as government guarantees provide funding from the World Bank or other international organizations.
Kuleba, formerly head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine statedHe said he did not understand what conditions Kiev had to meet to join NATO.