The representative, Vahram Stepanyan, said the IMF team
would be led by Gavin Gray, the IMF mission chief for Ukraine.
"An IMF mission, led by Gavin Gray, starts policy
discussions today with the Ukrainian authorities on a potential
Fund-supported program," Stepanyan said in a brief statement
that provided no further details.
Ukrainian officials have said they hope to agree a
$15-billion multi-year program with the IMF, in what could be
the largest loan package for the country since Russia's
full-scale invasion a year ago.
Ukraine's central bank said it hoped for a four-year program
that would be structured in two stages - during the war and
after the war.
"We aim to reach an agreement with the IMF mission on the
program for extended financing during March and submit the
agreement for the consideration of the IMF's board of
directors," central bank governor Andriy Pyshnyi said in a
statement.
"We are determined to have a productive discussion and
search for common solutions."
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Olena Harmash; Editing by
Timothy Heritage)
(Adds central bank statement)
KYIV, March 8 (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund
mission was scheduled to start policy discussions with the
Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday, the IMF's resident
representative to Ukraine said.
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