OREANDA-NEWS. September 03, 2009. The Office of mass media relations of Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is obliged to establish a hysteria is stirred up groundlessly around cooperation of the Government of Ukraine with the International Monetary Fund.

Thereupon the Office is authorized to announce that negative forecasts concerning cooperation with the IMF spread with certain media sources are absolutely far from truth.

The negotiations with a technical mission of the International Monetary Fund that is staying in Ukraine are being held in a scheduled constructive regime.

It should be noted successful work of the Governmental team with International Monetary Fund has already afforded to obtain 3 tranches in the framework of a Stand-By program. Besides, the IMF has recently increased an amount of special credit quotas for Ukraine.

The Government has never refused from implementation of the assumed liabilities that’s why it looks with optimism to the future negotiations concerning allocation of the 4-th tranche of the IMF loan.

In view of these facts the Office asks “scribblers” from the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine to cease a practice of absolutely groundless criticism of any actions of the Government, especially in the part of its relations with international financial organizations which have been observed in the course of the negotiation process concerning the Stand-By program. We consider that in the times of crisis one should think about the fate of his country instead of thinking about his political ratings.