Prime Minister Pavel Filip believes that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund that will help unlock the funds provided by other development partners to Moldova can be signed this year. He made such statements in the program “Moldova live” on the public TV channel Moldova 1, IPN reports.
“The Republic of Moldova will have an agreement with the IMF. Before this, we are to reach a so-called Staff Level Agreement with the IMF. You know that the IMF mission was in Chisinau and we had very constructive discussions with it. In fact, we worked out a roadmap concerning the relations with the IMF and I want to say that I’m personally satisfied with the way the relations with the Fund develop now. There is great predictability. We know what we have to do, but I want to say that most of the conditions were met and we will now move on so as to conclude this agreement with the IMF. Immediately afterward, we will be able to apply for macro-financial assistance and we discussed this issue with Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis in Brussels. I count a lot on this assistance,” said the Premier.
Pavel Filip noted that Moldova’s dialogue with the IMF is constructive and they expect that this will end with the signing of an agreement this year. “We know what we have to do and what we want to achieve. That’s why I want to assure you that we wil sign an accord with the IMF this year,” he stated.
The Prime Minister also said that the signing of the agreement with the IMF carries greater weight than the restoration of the bilateral relations with the Fund. “We want an agreement with the IMF not only for obtaining some money from the Fund. An accord with the IMF means confidence on the part of other development partners. This counts a lot,” he stated.
