OREANDA-NEWS. Kyiv has hosted the IMF European Department Mission. The visit aimed at negotiating the set of economic activities to underlie a new IMF-Ukraine stand-by arrangement

IMF senior officials have appreciated the Ministry of Finance policy as a whole to promote business, activate economic affairs and raise the economy’s investment opportunities.

Besides, meetings with the MOF officials have reviewed the previous year’s fiscal policy and the 2013 prospects. After a careful review of the Ministry’s activities in view thereof, Mission experts appreciated last year’s tax and budget policy improvements having approved of the government’s course.

The negotiators’ constructive dialogue brought to a common vision of activities to keep sustaining the balanced budget policy.

The visit ended up in the mission officials having supported their counterparts and declared their readiness to continue the discussion.