WASHINGTON, Oct 13 - The dispute over Ukraine's $3 billion eurobond bought by Russia with an overdue maturity period is bilateral, but the International Monetary Fund is interested in its speedy resolution, IMF European Department Director Poul Thomsen has said.

He said at a briefing in Washington on Friday that this was an issue that must be resolved between the two sides that and that the IMF called for the agreement to be reached as soon as possible.