Transcript of IMF Press Briefing
May 9, 2019
MR. RICE: Good morning everyone. And welcome to this Press Briefing on behalf of the International Monetary Fund. I'm Gerry Rice of the Communications Department here at the Fund.
And as usual our briefing this morning will be embargoed until 10:30 a.m., that's Washington Time.
Let me make a few announcements, and then I'll come to your questions in the room, and take a few online as well.
So, our Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, will be visiting the Central Asia Region and Caucasus from May 16th until the 22nd, so that's beginning next week.
On May 16, Madam Lagarde will be in Kazakhstan where she will participate in the Astana Economic Forum. And also participate in a Regional Roundtable on Inclusive Growth and Regional Integration in that area.
Following that, Madam Lagarde will travel to Uzbekistan for a series of public and bilateral engagements, both in Tashkent and Samarkand. And she'll deliver a Keynote Speech; meet with the President and authorities. So, that's Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.
And then finally, Madam Lagarde will visit Georgia, and will be in Tbilisi delivering a Keynote Speech on May 21st, and again, a series of other engagements on which we will give you the detail, and of course access to all of those public events.
Our Deputy Managing Director, Tao Zhang, will be visiting African May 12th to 17th, he'll be in The Gambia, and then in Cape Verde where he will meet with the authorities and have a number of public engagements. Again, we can get you the details of that.
So, that's on announcements. There's one piece of additional news that I want to bring to your attention, because there have been questions asked about this issue in previous press briefings.
