Ukraine still has chance to receive third EUR 600 mln tranche from EU

On Wednesday, he recalled to reporters that the EU had provided Ukraine with macro-financial assistance estimated at EUR 3.4 billion over the past three years.

In his words, the decision to grant the next tranche worth EUR 600 million will be taken by the end of this year.

However, he stressed that Ukraine had fulfilled only 17 of the 21 conditions under the program, while the disbursement of the said tranche depended on the fulfillment of the four remaining requirements.

Read alsoEC not to disburse last EUR 600 mln tranche to Ukraine, ready to consider new bailoutAs UNIAN reported earlier, on December 1, the European Commission (EC) stated that it would not allocate the last EUR 600 million tranche for Ukraine under the current Macro-Financial Assistance program worth EUR 1.8 billion approved in 2015, but it was ready to consider the issue of further MFA provided reform momentum be stepped up.

The EC noted that four of the measures linked to the third and final tranche of the MFA remained outstanding for the time being.