KIEV, Oct. 8 – A Ukrainian delegation chaired by National Bank Governor Valeriya Gontareva and Finance Minister Oleksandr Shlapak left for Washington on Wednesday to participate in the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on October 10-12 in order to engage in the talks with the leadership of these international finance organizations, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

"Several tasks [assigned the delegation]: to adapt our program [Stand-By Arrangement] with the International Finance Organizations to day-to-day realities and attract as many additional resources to Ukraine as possible, to be able to start economic development and to go through this extremely difficult period," Yatseniuk said before the government sitting in Kiev on Wednesday.