KYIV, Feb 23 – Representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Ukrainian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) on an updated list of economic and financial policies for the third revision of the four-year EFF Extended Fund Facility, the Fund said on Friday night.

"I am pleased to announce that IMF staff and the Ukrainian authorities have reached staff-level agreement on the third review of the EFF. The agreement is subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board, with Board consideration expected in the coming weeks," the release quotes the words of the head of the Fund's mission, Gavin Gray, at the end of its work in Warsaw on February 17-22 with representatives of Ukraine.