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Brussels – The European Commission has called on Ukraine to urgently return to cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said this at the hearings of the Ukrainian issue at the request of European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

"Ukraine should return to the IMF program without delay. This is also a condition for providing macro-financial assistance [from the EU to Ukraine]," Fule said.