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Argentine president holds ‘positive’ talks with IMF chief
AFP
15th May, 2021 05:25:26
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said Friday he was hoping to renegotiate his country’s debt “as quickly as possible”, after talks with the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Rome.
Fernandez told reporters it had been a “very constructive” and “very frank meeting, where we expressed our will to resolve the problem of Argentine debt”.
He said he wanted to “find an agreement as quickly as possible”, while adding: “We cannot think about an agreement which demands more efforts from the Argentine people.”
For her part, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said it was a “very positive meeting” where they discussed the “deep social and economic challenges” facing Argentina that have been aggravated by the pandemic.
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BUENOS AIRES, April 30 (Reuters) - Argentina on Friday announced a three-week extension of anti-coronavirus measures that include cancellation of in-person public school classes and an 8 p.m. curfew for social activities in response to a deadly second wave of infections.
The country has confirmed 2,954,943 cases of the virus with a total 63,508 deaths, as infection rates spike.
“The epidemiological situation in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires is critical and we have other areas with high health concerns,” said center-left President Alberto Fernandez in a recorded message for the media.
“We must make a new effort to lower circulation, reduce infections and thus decompress our health system as much as possible,” he added.
Argentine president holds ‘positive’ talks with IMF chief
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ROME, May 15, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said Friday he was hoping to renegotiate his country’s debt “as quickly as possible”, after talks with the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Rome.
Fernandez told reporters it had been a “very constructive” and “very frank meeting, where we expressed our will to resolve the problem of Argentine debt”.
He said he wanted to “find an agreement as quickly as possible”, while adding: “We cannot think about an agreement which demands more efforts from the Argentine people.”
For her part, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said it was a “very positive meeting” where they discussed the “deep social and economic challenges” facing Argentina that have been aggravated by the pandemic.