European Commission To Allocate EUR 600 Million Of Macro-Financial Assistance In Coming Weeks

The European Commission plans to allocate EUR 600 million of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in the coming weeks.

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has said this in a statement after the meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman in Brussels (the Kingdom of Belgium), the Ukrainian News Agency reports.

He noted that the decision was taken as a result of reforms held in Ukraine.

Mr. Juncker also stressed that Ukraine is a strategic partner of the European Union.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the EU had intended to provide Ukraine with the second tranche of the macro-financial assistance in early 2017.