KYIV, Jan 25 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has not yet discussed the opening of a new cooperation program for the country with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Acting Head of the NBU Yakiv Smolii said.

"We have not yet started negotiations, but we are already thinking about when this is possible. We will initiate such negotiations with the IMF at a meeting with the Ministry of Finance," he said at a monetary briefing in Kyiv.