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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not plan to consider a new disbursement to Ukraine, at least before April 7, 2017, according to the IMF's website.
The IMF has not included the issue of a new tranche of Ukraine's loan in the updated Calendar of the IMF Executive Board meetings planned until April 7, an announcement on the website said.
From March 29 to April 7, the IMF is holding consultations with Nigeria, the Netherlands and San Marino, as well as regional hearings on economic and monetary policy. It will also consider a world economic outlook along with a global financial stability report.
Read alsoIMF technical mission on tax policy completes work in UkraineAs UNIAN reported earlier, the IMF announced on March 23 that it was ready to shortly appoint a new date for an IMF Executive Board meeting on a Ukrainian disbursement. It said the postponement of a previous meeting initially scheduled for March 20 was not unusual and concerned the need to clarify some details of the cooperation program with Ukraine.
According to Ukraine's Finance Ministry, the delay was related to the need to update macroeconomic indicators after the introduction of a trade blockade of the occupied areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The measure was introduced in keeping with a decision taken by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.