KIEV, Nov. 6 - The International Monetary Fund board of directors will on November 23 consider changes to the lending-into-arrears policy for member states that owe debts to official creditors, Deputy Finance Minister Artem Shevalev told Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of the fourth investment conference in Central and Eastern Europe organized by the CFA Institute in Kiev.

"A meeting of the IMF board of directors is scheduled for November 23. The fund intends to review the lending strategy with respect to states with debts. If the IMF changes its lending policy and the changes provide for loans to the state with debts, the IMF program in Ukraine could continue regardless of the situation with the Russian debt," he said.