KIEV, Feb. 26 - Ukraine intends to keep current gold and forex reserve levels until the end of 2009, President Viktor Yushchenko said during a meeting with G-7 ambassadors and representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Kiev on Thursday.

Yushchenko said that Ukraine's current reserves come to $25 billion. He said the country plans to receive an IMF loan totaling $12 billion.