Babacan to attend IMF and WB meetings in Washington
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Nisan 21, 2006 13:51
State Minister for the Economy Ali Babacan traveled to the US on Thursday to attend the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings. Before his departure at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, Babacan told reporters that the meetings would bring together government ministers and representatives from finance organizations from some 180 countries.
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Stressing that he would hold talks in both Washington and New York including WB head Paul Wolfowitz, IMF Chairman Rodrigo de Rato, IMF First Deputy Chairman Anne Krueger and representatives from certain private finance organizations.
Babacan said a large delegation from Turkey’s Treasury Undersecretariat and Central Bank would follow the four-day meetings. The state minister added that an IMF delegation would arrive in Turkey in the coming weeks for the third review of Ankara’s economic program. Meanwhile, Wolfowitz, during at a press conference in Washington, said that Turkey’s economy had been put on track by sound economic policies.