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‘Ukraine needs $44b in assistance from West’

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Update: 2014-02-24 06:53:10
‘Ukraine needs $44b in assistance from West’

DHAKA: Ukraine said on Monday it will need US$35 billion in urgent foreign assistance.

The country also asked Western donors to convene an international conference within two weeks to agree a financial rescue plan.

Interim finance minister Yuriy Kolobov said in a statement that the ‘planned volume of macroeconomic assistance for Ukraine may reach around US$35 billion’ by the end of next year.

BDST: 1737 HRS, FEB 24, 2014

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