Ukraine is holding negotiations at the level of experts regarding
the possible provision of financial assistance to tackle the financial
and economic crises, the director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's
economic cooperation department, Pavlo Sultansky, said at a meeting of
the press club on Thursday, Ukrinform reported.
He said that talks are currently being held with a number of
financial institutions and countries, including the European Investment
Bank, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the
United Arab Emirates, Italy, Sweden, and Japan.
The diplomat said that the outcome of these talks had shown that all
of these countries currently have no funds they could provide to
Ukraine. "However, some countries are ready to provide funds to Ukraine
through international financial institutions," Sultansky said.
He said that at present, the provision of loans to the country had not been officially confirmed.
