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Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko speaks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua at the World Economic Forum in Davos.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Kateryna Chursina and Daryna Krasnolutska

January 25, 2018 at 5:18 PM UTC

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Ukraine may unfreeze its $17.5 billion bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund in April as the country has “already fulfilled 80 percent” of its commitments, President Petro Poroshenko said.

“Probably ‘fingers crossed’ before April we will have a mission and have the next tranche,” Poroshenko said Thursday in an interview with Bloomberg TV in Davos, Switzerland. “We, my government and my people, are ready to continue cooperation with the IMF."