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Ministry of Finance of Ukraine as of the end of July, has transferred $4.2 billion in budgetary payments on debt in foreign currency, according to the ministry’s website.
According to the Ministry of Finance, budget revenues from international financial organizations and the partner governments in the said period amounted to $4.7 billion, including $2.6 billion received from the International Monetary Fund, EUR 850 million from the European Commission, CAD 200 million from the Government of Canada, and another $1 billion was raised from the placement of U.S.- guaranteed eurobonds.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the International Monetary Fund in March approved a new lending program for Ukraine's economy under the Extended Fund Facility arrangement, which allows access to international funding worth $40 billion in the next 4 years.
Total amount of Ukraine’s public and publicly guaranteed debt was reduced in January-May by $2.151 billion, or by 3.08% - down to $67.661 billion as of May 31, 2015. During this period, public and publicly guaranteed debt increased in UAH equivalent by 29.37%, or by UAH 323 billion - up to UAH 1.424 trillion.