Greece's disengagement from international funding dominated the half-hour meeting between Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis and International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday at the Fund's headquarters in Washington. Christine Lagarde congratulated Greece on its “great fiscal progress” adding that the IMF would support the Greek efforts towards meeting its targets, said the Greek minister after the meeting.
“We had an interesting discussion”, notes Hardouvelis on his statement. “Ms. Lagarde congratulated us for the great progress our country has made over the last years. She recommended continuing the reforms adding that these reforms should be made in such a way that they become property of the Greek people and go on. We should not retreat. The International Monetary Fund will be a contributor to the Greek effort and to what we are trying to achieve”.