Economy Minister and Unión por la Patria presidential candidate Sergio Massa flew to the United States on August 21’s night with mission accomplished by August 23, when the International Monetary Fund board of directors approved a remittance of US$7.5 billion, half of which will be immediately used to repay China, Qatar and the CAF (Corporación Andina de Fomento) regional bank for loans to meet an IMF deadline In July. While in Washington, Massa also met up with the multilateral lender’s Managing Director Kristilina Georgieva and various second-level US government officials.
SOURCE: batimes.com.ar