IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde to Visit Cambodia
nternational Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde will visit Cambodia next week as part of an Asia tour that will also include stops in South Korea and Burma, according to an IMF spokesman. Ms. Lagarde will meet with Cambodian government officials, university students, investors and analysts on Monday and Tuesday next week, Gerry Rice, IMF communications department director, said during a press conference last week in Washington. “Madame Lagarde…is scheduled to meet with Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon and senior government officials to discuss recent economic developments in the region,” Mr. Rice said Thursday, according to a transcript posted to the IMF’s website. “She will also speak to students of the Ecole Royale d’Administration and exchange views with women business leaders and policymakers as well as members of Cambodian think tanks and the private sector,” Mr. Rice continued. Nguon Sokha, secretary of state at the Ministry of Finance, said she had received an invitation to meet with Ms. Lagarde but declined to comment further on the IMF director’s visit. …
Colin Meyn
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