Ukrainian finance minister not sure if IMF will okay adopted budget and taxation bills

11:45, 30.12.2015 1 min read

Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko has said that she is not completely confident that the adopted budget and taxation bills will be approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

She said this during a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.

"During the negotiations on the budget in the Verkhovna Rada, a number of amendments were introduced into our legislative package, and they need to be agreed with the IMF separately. I am not fully confident that these changes will be agreed upon," she said.

Thus, the approval of the budget, which is a precondition for a new tranche of the IMF loan, is no guarantee of this tranche.