Poroshenko, Lagarde discuss fulfillment of conditions for next IMF tranche

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde have had a telephone conversation to discuss the fulfillment of conditions for the next IMF tranche for Ukraine, according to the presidential press service.

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"The parties coordinated positions on the fulfillment of conditions for another IMF tranche," the press service said on Tuesday evening.

The press service also reported that the Ukrainian president had stressed the importance of abolition of pseudo-elections in the occupied territories of Donbas for the stabilization of the economic situation.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the IMF mission decided to continue negotiations with Ukraine in the framework of the second review under the Extended Fund Facility program.

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