Zelenskyy meets with IMF Head in Kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, who arrived in Kyiv on a visit on Monday, 20 February.
Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram.
Quote: "The IMF's support creates an opportunity for Ukraine to remain strong. It is also a weapon – an economic weapon that gives us, our society, and our business the opportunity to develop. We want the business to develop, investments to arrive, and we know that the IMF always sends the right signals through its activities," the president wrote.
Judging by the video published by Zelenskyy, the meeting was also attended, in particular, by the head of the OP Andriy Yermak and his deputy Rostyslav Shurma, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine Andrii Pyshny, the minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko, and the deputy executive director from Ukraine to the IMF Vladyslav Rashkovan.
"I was very impressed by the fact that the country and the government are functioning very well in these extreme conditions of invasion. I wanted to see it. When I speak to the IMF board of directors tomorrow, I will say that this is indeed a country that is doing very well and effectively, despite the terrible attack on its people and territory," the Office of the President of Ukraine writes, quoting Georgieva.
Background: The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, arrived on a visit to Kyiv on Monday, 20 February.
In Warsaw on Friday, 17 February, the mission of the International Monetary Fund to prepare for the review of the monitoring program ended; the fund's employees and the Ukrainian authorities have reached agreements at the staff level. Work continues on a new program.
The International Monetary Fund is just a few weeks away from completing the preparation of support programs for Ukraine. Now, the plan must be approved by the fund's management.
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