KIEV, June 21 – Experts from a mission of the International Monetary Fund arrived in Kiev on Monday, the IMF Resident Representative Office in Ukraine has told Interfax-Ukraine.

Deputy Director of the IMF's European Department Poul Thomsen and IMF Mission Chief for Ukraine Thanos Arvanitis agreed during their recent visit to Kiev that the IMF mission would start working in Ukraine on June 21 to work out the draft of the new program of cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF.

Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said earlier that the planning of Ukraine's state budget deficit would be a major subject of talks between the sides.