Press Release No. 15/313

Press Release: IMF Statement on Ukraine

June 30, 2015

International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff participated today in a technical meeting between the Ad Hoc Committee of Ukraine’s Bondholders and the Ukrainian authorities at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The meeting covered the objectives of the debt operation and the medium-term macroeconomic framework underpinning the Fund-supported program as specified in the extended arrangement (EFF) approved by the IMF Executive Board on March 11, 2015.

The Fund encourages Ukraine and its creditors to continue efforts to reach an agreement that meets the financing and debt objectives under the authorities’ economic reform program supported by the IMF.