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Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on November 14 approved resolution No. 7000-p on conclusions and remarks to the bill on the national budget of Ukraine for 2018, which means that the parliament passed the document at first reading.

An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that 260 lawmakers backed the document.

In addition, the parliament approved at first reading two other bills from the so-called “budget package:” amending the Budget Code (No. 7116) and amending the Tax Code to ensure balance of budget payments in 2018 (No. 6776-d).

A total of 251 and 260 lawmakers respectively approved the documents.