KIEV, Sept. 18 – The draft national budget of Ukraine for 2013 and the macroeconomic forecast it is based on are the key issues on the agenda of negotiations between the government of Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund, a source in the government told Interfax-Ukraine.

On Tuesday the Cabinet of Ministers published report of a meeting between Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and IMF Mission Chief Christopher Jarvis, which was also attended by Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko and Max Alier, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine.