KYIV, Feb 13 – The delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Deputy Director of the European Department Uma Ramakrishnan and with the participation of head of the IMF mission in Ukraine Gavin Gray, at meetings in Kyiv on Monday, discussed the possibilities of increasing state budget revenues and internal sources of financing its deficit with the Ministry of Finance headed by Minister Serhiy Marchenko and the NBU board headed by Governor Andriy Pyshnyy.

"Besides attracting external financing, the Ministry of Finance is taking measures to increase domestic resources reducing the State Budget deficit. The capacity development of the Ukrainian financial system is one of the priority areas of cooperation between the Ukrainian authorities and the IMF. The participants of the meeting discussed further measures to stimulate State Budget revenues and the domestic debt market," the Finance Ministry said in a release following the meeting.