The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine has not received requests to present contracts signed for procurement of medicines using budget funds, UNDP Country Director in Ukraine Janthomas Hiemstra has said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

"We are the international diplomatic organization. We directly cooperate with the Foreign Ministry. UNDP has not received any official request regarding the information the contracts contain," he said.

He said that UNDP procurement is linked to the commercial operations of manufacturers and other procurement organizations.

"Sometime we procure medicines for Ukraine at lower prices under special agreements compared to anyone else. We do not have the right to disclose low prices, as this information could create pressure on manufacturers by procuring organizations in other countries," he said.

Hiemstra said that UNDP is ready to present the information about the contracts signed if the organization receives official requests. The UNDP is not ready to publish the contracts in the pdf format.

"If the Health Ministry, Foreign Ministry and even a court sends us a request to show the contract, we are ready to discuss the issue. I am not ready to show the contract to the whole world in pdf format. We are ready to disclose any information if we receive the proper request. No one has yet applied us for the information," he said.