KYIV, March 4 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has announced five key issues in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and expects the signing of a staff level agreement (SLA) for the second tranche before June.

"There are five key points left in work with the IMF: at the end of March to remove the upper limit of the gas price of UAH 6.99 per cubic meter, agreeing on macro indicators for 2022-2023... and three key issues – judicial reform (the law on the High Council of Justice), the law on increasing criminal liability for not filing declaration or filing it improperly, as well as the law on NABU [the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine] regarding the appointment of its head and his legitimization in accordance with the Constitution," he said during a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.