KIEV, Jan. 30 - Ukraine is not expecting the rapid signing of a new cooperation program with the International Monetary Fund after its mission's visit ends next month, Economic Development and Trade Minister Ihor Prasolov said.

"It is not thought that right after the mission's work at the beginning of February we will immediately sign in Kiev or travel there [to the United States] and sign a memorandum. The IMF mission's main task now is to study the situation in Ukraine," Prasolov told the press on Wednesday.