Ukraine and members of the ad hoc creditors committee have reached agreement on confidentiality arrangements that will allow starting the negotiations on the essence of the possible solution with the participation of Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and the creditors next week, the parties said in a joint press release posted on the website of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.
“The parties have agreed to enter such negotiations in good faith, with no preconditions and with the objective of concluding an agreement on the terms of the debt operation as soon as possible,” the statement reads.
According to it, a meeting took place at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2015, between a Ukrainian delegation headed by Ukrainian Debt Envoy Vitaliy Lisovenko, members of Ukraine’s ad hoc creditors committee and representatives of the International Monetary Fund.
The meeting provided a forum for a useful exchange of views on the Ukrainian macroeconomic setting and technical aspects of Ukraine’s envisaged debt operation, the statement said.
