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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-02-23
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[01] Tsipras, Lagarde, discussed Greek program, IMF's involvement in
phone call
[01] Tsipras, Lagarde, discussed Greek program, IMF's involvement in
phone call
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke on Tuesday evening with the head
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Chrstine Lagarde, ahead of
her visit to Germany to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel, government
sources said.
According to the sources, Tsipras and Lagarde discussed Greece's
progress in changing the fiscal policy mix requested by the Fund after
the completion of the current program. At the same time, IMF took steps
towards accepting measures that will be fiscally neutral. They also
noted it is Germany's turn to take specific measures concerning the
targets for primary surpluses after the end of the current program and
providing debt relief, the same sources said.
Specifically on debt, Lagarde said the IMF insists that measures on
Greek debt must be specified even if they are implemented later, a view
reiterated earlier today by the Fund's spokesman Gerry Rice. Only if this
condition is agreed on, will the Fund participate in the Greek program.
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