Poroshenko wants to hear Gontareva’s arguments for resignation – president’s envoy to Rada

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko wants to hear from the National Bank Governor, Valeria Gontareva, her arguments regarding her resignation, before taking a step to approve it, representative of the president in the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Lutsenko told reporters on Monday.

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Petro Poroshenko once again expressed his satisfaction with Gontareva’s performance as the NBU governor and recalled that her work was highly appreciated by representatives of international banking institutions, as reported by Lutsenko in her comments following a Monday meeting of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction with the participation of the head of state.

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As UNIAN reported, on April 10, Gontareva announced her resignation from the post of NBU governor from May 10.

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