Kristalina Georgieva highlighted Batakis’ efforts to strengthen fiscal sustainability

Kristalina Georgieva highlighted Batakis’ efforts to strengthen fiscal sustainability

“Another productive meeting with Minister Silvina Batakis. We welcome his initial efforts to strengthen fiscal sustainability and agree on the importance of the decisive implementation of the program to address Argentina’s economic and social challenges”, wrote.

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More moderate although in the same vein was the Argentine representative, who also through social networks stated: “We had a very constructive meeting with Kristalina Georgieva this afternoon in Washington.”

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The meeting between Georgieva and Batakis was the first face-to-face since the economist took over as head of the Ministry to replace the outgoing Martín Guzmán, and it took place during her visit to the United States.

The meeting was part of the official’s trip to the US, which has among its main objectives that its interlocutors “listen and learn how the new official thinks”, in addition to presenting the action guidelines that the Argentine Government will take in economic matters, he indicated. This morning to Télam, Ambassador Argüello.

Georgieva was very interested in meeting the new Argentine minister, since “she had planned to take vacations this week” and decided to postpone them in order to receive Batakis, sources from the multilateral organization told Télam.

In addition to the meeting with the Managing Director of the IMF, Batakis had a working lunch with Ilan Goldfajn, director of the multilateral organization for the Western Hemisphere; Luis Cubeddu, head of the Mission for Argentina; and Julie Kozack, deputy director of the Western Hemisphere Department, who will become deputy director of the Fund’s European Department in September.

Source: Ambito

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