EU can give Ukraine the money to cover gas debt

EU can give Ukraine the money to cover gas debt

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Czech Foreign Minister: EU can give Ukraine the money to cover gas debt

However, this will be done under the explicit guarantees

LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 20. The European Union can give Ukraine the money to cover gas debt, but only under the explicit guarantees, said Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek on arrival at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.

“The EU may consider giving Ukraine the additional funds that, in particular, can be used to cover the debt to” Gazprom “, – he said, responding to a question about whether the allocation to Ukraine Czech Republic 2 billion euros of short-term loans that Kiev requested.

“However, any money should be given to Ukraine only under the explicit guarantees of reform, fight against corruption and all the other conditions of the EU. We need to have control over the distribution of allocated funds” – said Zaoralek.

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