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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-04-16
CONTENTS
[01] Brussels Group's meetings to resume on Saturday
[02] Varoufakis-Lagarde meeting underway in Washington
[01] Brussels Group's meetings to resume on Saturday
ANA/MPA---The Brussels Group is expected to resume its meetings on
Saturday. The president of the Council of Economic Advisors (SOE) Giorgos
Chouliarakis, Finance ministry general secretary Nikos Theocharakis and
Elena Panariti, advisor to the Greek Finance Minister, will participate
from the Greek side. IMF's Rishi Goyal, European Commission's Declan
Costello and ECB's Rasmus Rueffer will participate from the side of the
partners, as representatives of the institutions. According to Finance
ministry's officials, the contacts on a Brussels Group level, will
continue in Brussels until April 23, a day before the informal Eurogroup
meeting in Latvia. The same sources said that the Greek government will
present its comprehensive and detailed proposals and timetables to the
representatives of the institutions. Special emphasis will probably be
given on tax issues. Government officials underlined that 'red lines'
are fully maintained and recessionary measures - such as salary and
pension cuts, mass layoffs, that do not help the economy recover -
will not be made acceptable. Deliberations on a technical staff level
started on Tuesday in Athens and are focused on fiscal and labour issues.
[02] Varoufakis-Lagarde meeting underway in Washington
ANA-MPA -- Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is meeting now with
IMF chief Christine Lagarde in Washington, ministry officials said
on Thursday.
Varoufakis is representing Greece in the spring meeting of the IMF and
the World Bank and is expected to meet with ECB president Mario Draghi,
the US Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew and his Italian counterpart
Pier Carlo Padoan.
Varoufakis is representing Greece at the IMF-World Bank spring meetings
and will speak at a Brookings Institution round-table starting at 22:00
Greek time, which can be accessed via a live link on the ANA-MPA website.
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