NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - The International Monetary

Fund said on Thursday that it expects discussions on "timely

disbursements of budget support" to Ukraine at a ministerial

roundtable during spring meetings in Washington later this

month.

"Timely and predictable external financing is critical for

sustained sustaining the hard earned economic gains," IMF

spokesperson Julie Kozack said in a scheduled press briefing.

"We do expect discussions during the spring meetings to

discuss the situation facing Ukraine and the criticality of

timely disbursements of budget support for Ukraine. And we

expect these discussions to take place during a ministerial

roundtable."