The International Monetary Fund may still particicpate in the Greek program and this will become clear on June 21, said International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Monday.
Negotiations over the International Monetary Fund’s role in the Greek programme and the post-programme period will peak on Thursday ahead of the Eurogroup meeting at 16:00 (Athens time).
Eurogroup’s decision constitutes a strong expression of support for Greece, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde said in a statement to public television channel ERT, broadcast on Friday night.
BRUSSELS (ANA/ M. Aroni) Stabilising the situation in Greece was in the best interests of all sides “and this is exactly what we will do,” Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem apparently told the Dutch lawmakers, according to a report in the Dutch newspaper “Financieele Dagblad” on Wednesday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the decision on whether to participate in Greece’s adjustment program might be taken in December, its spokesman Gerry Rice said during a regular press conference in Washington on Thursday.
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker called for wide political support and ownership of the reforms included in Greece’s bailout program in his speech at the annual general meeting of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) in Athens on Tuesday.