IMF mission arrives in Argentina – Telam

The IMF mission will finally arrive in Argentina on Saturday and hold meetings with Argentinian officials and economic advisers to presidential candidates this weekend, confirmed various sources.

A technical team led by Roberto Cardarelli will travel to Buenos Aires from this Saturday, confirmed a spokesman for the Argentine media agency.

"The team will meet with the Argentine authorities to badyze recent economic and financial events and the government's political plans," he said.

Meanwhile, official sources confirmed in Telam that between Saturday and Sunday, Argentine officials would hold working meetings with the Ministry of Finance, although their schedule is not yet confirmed.

"We will have working meetings on Saturday and Sunday, which will be the first approach after the minister's appointment," said Hernán Lacunza, according to the same source.

The IMF team will also meet the economic advisers of the main presidential candidates for an exchange of views, they explained to the multilateral agency.

The IMF is expected to complete the fifth revision of the program to rotate the last disbursement planned for Argentina for $ 5.4 billion.

To this end, the Fund's mission will examine the achievement of fiscal, monetary and economic objectives and will meet with the Minister of the Economy, Hernán Lacunza, and the President of the Central Bank, Guido Sandleris.