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US Secretary of State Urges Ukrainian President to Fulfill IMF Requirements

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a telephone call with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged Kiev to fulfill outstanding International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a press release.
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"The Secretary welcomed Ukraine’s recent passage of anti-corruption court legislation and the Law on National Security and urged Ukraine to fulfill the outstanding IMF requirements," Nauert said on Tuesday.

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Pompeo also stressed that the United States has not and will never recognize Russia's attempted annexation of Crimea, Nauert said, reaffirming US support for Ukraine's sovereignty.

Establishing an anti-corruption court has been one of the IMF’s main requirements to grant Ukraine another line of credit.

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The IMF's four-year aid program under the Extended Fund Facility has allocated $17.5 billion for Ukraine. Ukraine has already received four credit payments and expected to receive a fifth in December, but the fifth tranche wasn't delivered because Kiev has failed to meet all IMF requirements.

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