KIEV, April 9 - The last few months have been quite favorable for Ukraine, due to which the devaluation pressure on the hryvnia exchange rate has weakened, the chief of the International Monetary Fund Mission in Ukraine was quoted as saying.

"Pressure on the hryvnia exchange rate has weakened. And we are pleased to note that over the few past months the economic situation in Ukraine has not worsened," the government's Web site quoted IMF Mission Chief Christopher Jarvis as saying during a meeting with Prime Minister of Mykola Azarov.