Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has accused the previous government of misappropriating funds provided by Libya for the supply of three aircraft produced in Ukraine.
She made the accusation during a government meeting in Kyiv on Wednesday.
According to Tymoshenko, the talks on the supply of the aircraft were rather complicated, even though African countries really need Ukraine's Antonov airplanes.
"In fact, the Libyan market was closed for us after Libya paid for the three airplanes and the previous government transferred this money to offshore zones, and in fact the airplanes were not supplied, and Libya was neither returned the money nor given the airplanes," the premier said.
At the same time, she said that the Cabinet of Ministers would make every effort to rectify the situation.
She said that prior to her official visit to Libya on May 25-26, Ukraine supplied one aircraft to Libya.
Meanwhile, the premier promised to deliver another aircraft to Libya by the end of the year, whereas the third one will be delivered to Tripoli by the end of the first quarter of 2010.
