Prime Minister Chiril Gaburici handed over a letter addressed to the Director of the IMF’s European Department Poul Thomsen to the head of the IMF mission Ivanna Vladkova-Hollar. The letter informs about the Government’s readiness to initiate the negotiations on a new program of cooperation with the IMF, IPN reports, quoting a communique of the Government.

“In a move to strengthen macroeconomic stability, continue the structural reforms and diminish the negative impact of the external factors on the country’s economic development, we respectfully ask initiating the negotiations on a new program of assistance and invite the IMF mission to pay a visit to Chisinau in the near future so as to discuss the new program,” reads the letter.

Ivanna Vladkova-Hollar said the discussions they had this week with the representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy and other institutions were useful. There will be made an analysis and set the priorities for the mission’s future activity.