KIEV, Sept, 14 – Ukraine's government plans to approve a draft national budget for 2017 at its meeting on Thursday, September 15, and it will be submitted to parliament, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

"The draft budget for 2017 will be approved by the government tomorrow with [subsequent] submission to parliament," he said at a government meeting on Wednesday.

The government will meet in the latter half of the day on September 15 to consider the draft budget he said.