IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, will visit Romania on July 15 and 16
The IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, will visit Romania on July 15 and 16, and Lithuania on July 17 and 18. Madame Lagarde will meet the country authorities and policy-makers, as well as with representatives of the private sector, civil society, and academia to discuss the current outlook and challenges facing each of those two countries,Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, International Monetary Fund, informs.
In Bucharest, on July 16, Madame Lagarde will deliver a speech open to the media on Romania and Eastern Europe. And then, in Vilnius, on July 18, she will participate in a panel discussion, also open to the media, on the challenges and opportunities of European economic integration, which, inter alia, amongst other things, marks the beginning of Lithuania's presidency of the European Union.
After visiting Romania and Lithuania, Madame Lagarde will then travel to Moscow where, along with our First Deputy Managing Director, David Lipton, they will participate in the G-20 ministerial meeting. That's July 18 to 20, as you know, in Moscow.