Ukraine in 2023 attracted $ 42 billion of external financing only to cover budget needs and a record volume of borrowing in the domestic market, said Minister of Finance Sergey Marchenko.
“This made it possible to finance all the necessary expenses, first of all, security and defense forces …”, – quotes “Interfax -Ukraine” Business Breakfeast with Vladimir Fedorin on Wednesday.
The minister expressed the hope that income plans would be made, although he indicated that in the case of customs this is “less likely”.
Marchenko noted that Ukraine has fulfilled its obligations under the expanded financing program with the IMF and the EU macro -financial assistance.
In general, he stated that the implementation of the state budget of 2023 turned out to be much more calm.
“is now less worried about not even 2024, but 2025,” the head of the Ministry of Finance answered the question about the forecast of the execution of budget plans next year.
He emphasized that it is necessary to stay in the program with the IMF and achieve the opening of the UKRaine Facility from the European Union, which will solve the problem of 2025 by 50 percent, which is associated with great uncertainty, including due to elections in partner countries.
According to Marchenko, Ukraine should take measures to reduce dependence on external partners.
“The key is the consistency of the actions of the government team in the broad sense of the word,” he said.