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Ukrainian PM: "Signing of two agreements with EIB worth EUR600 million to be a signal of support for Ukrainian economy from EU"
22.12.2014 10:56 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
On Monday, December 22, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk met with the Vice-President of the European Investment Bank László Baranyay, Government Portal reports.
As to the report, within the meeting the Ukrainian Prime Minister and László Baranyay signed financial agreements: the Apex Loan for SMEs & Mid-Caps (Ukraine) project and the Ukraine Early Recovery project.
Reportedly, Arseniy Yatseniuk said that the signing of these agreements is for Ukraine «a signal of support for the Ukrainian economy from the European Union, as the European Investment Bank is a financial institution of the EU.»
Also, the Ukrainian PM said that the signed loan agreements aimed at «developing the economy, not the return of old debts taken by the previous governments».
«The former government along with the former president doubled Ukraine’s foreign debt for four years, thus they had taken almost USD 40 billion, and we are thinking how to return and serve them,» Yatseniuk stressed.
Within this year, Yatseniuk said, the Ukrainian Government managed to keep the amount of external debt of the Ukrainian state to foreign creditors at the level of $72 billion.
«We didn’t increase external debt, not a bit. By the end of the year the picture will probably change, but for now we are keeping a balance by all possible means and measures that we possess.»
He said that Ukraine received EUR400 million under the Apex Loan for SMEs & Mid-Caps (Ukraine) project, «which can allow to finance small and medium-sized businesses through Ukrainian banks.» The loan’s term is ten years.
«The European Investment Bank provided Ukraine with the most preferential terms. The current Euribor interest rate is only 1.5% per annum. Such a loan at such a low rate none of the private investors of Ukraine would give under no circumstances,» the Ukrainian PM said.
Besides, he admitted the Ukraine Early Recovery project is the second bloc of credit cooperation and so finally we received not just words, but concrete actions of the European Investment Bank aimed at restoring of infrastructure on territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions controlled by the Ukrainian state.
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