IMF ready to provide assistance to Ukraine

KIEV, Mar 8 (Xinhua): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to provide financial and technical assistance to Kiev, the fund's senior official said Friday.  "The IMF stands ready to help the people of Ukraine and support the authorities' economic programme to put Ukraine firmly on the path of good economic governance and sustainable growth," said Reza Moghadam, director of the IMF's European Department, in a statement.
Moghadam, who has been working in Kiev in recent days as a member of the IMF fact- finding mission, said he was positively impressed with the commitment of Ukrainian authorities to implement economic reforms. On Tuesday, the IMF team started its 10-day mission in Kiev to make technical assessment of Ukraine's economic situation and hold talks with the authorities over a possible bailout.