The
Government has become a hostage to the policy of the National Bank of Ukraine. The Premier Yulia Tymoshenko
announced on Thursday during her meeting with motor carriers, Government portal reported.
As Yulia
Tymoshenko put it, for now the part of state funds has been “frozen” on bank
accounts and the Government cannot use them to solve urgent problems: “Besides,
the part of funds of the state corporations, including Naftogas of Ukraine, UkrZaliznytsya is being kept in certain banks”.
The Prime
Minister emphasized unskilled currency policy of the National Bank of Ukraine leads to the problems the Government
faces while paying off its financial liabilities.
“You are all know our relations with the
National Bank have been strained for a long time and we demand solving of a
series of issues which, as the Government considers, are logical,” Yulia
Tymoshenko imparted and added that, in particular the Government suggests to
bring to compliance the currency course rates. She reminded that the foreign
currency rates should not exceed 6.5 UAH against 1USD: “I have repeatedly
addressed the NBU and the President. I consider the present course rates are
groundless in every reason – and also from the point of view of financial and
economic crises. It is abnormal situation”.
Yulia
Tymoshenko underlined nowadays it is vital to build the activity of NBU in
appropriate way: “If activity of the National Bank is led properly, everything
will be set in its place”.
