Ukrainian PM and IMF managing director discuss new cooperation program

MOSCOW. Oct 25 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva have discussed an IMF new cooperation program for Ukraine.

"Ukraine's new cooperation program with the IMF and consolidation of partners' support for our state were the central topics of the meeting with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Berlin. I thanked Mrs. Georgieva for organizing the Ukraine mission, which concluded is work in Vienna. We are making every effort to accomplish all interim stages and to switch to the new cooperation program with the fund as soon as possible," Ukrainian media outlets quoted Shmygal as saying in a social media post.

The parties also discussed the creation of an international donors' platform.

"It is a mechanism to coordinate assistance for Ukraine and to determine key avenues of priority and long-term reconstruction, as well as sources of their financing. It will help respond to economic challenges promptly and efficiently," the prime minister said.