KIEV, Jan. 26 – The talks between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund will continue in two or three weeks, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said.

"We agreed that we would continue these negotiations in two or three weeks. Both sides are preparing for this," he said at a press conference in Kiev on Thursday.

Tyhypko said that a Ukrainian delegation visited Washington this week and held talks with the IMF leadership, and added that a final decision had not been taken at these negotiations.