OREANDA-NEWS. November 19, 2015. Minister Pavlo Rozenko met with representatives of the IMF mission led by Ron van Ruden at the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine.

The sides discussed the basic social parameters of the State Budget of Ukraine for 2016. In particular, the discussion also focused on options for tax reform, government social assistance programs for IDPs and ATO participants.

The Minister of Social Policy has informed representatives of the mission that the situation in Eastern Ukraine remains very complicated, thus the state budget for next year envisages the preservation of social guarantees for IDPs as well as for mobilized and demobilized soldiers.

Recall that the International Monetary Fund mission for the second review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program began its work in Ukraine on November 12.