If the country's leadership does not begin to restructure the national debt. Such an opinion on Tuesday, April 18, in an interview with reporters leading European newspapers expressed the director of the IMF Christine Lagarde.
She assured that if the debt burden of Greece turns out to be beyond the IMF criteria and does not meet reasonable parameters, the Fund will refuse the program of financial assistance.
The country's authorities must begin "a certain restructuring of the Greek debt," but firmly adhere to the path of reform, "she explained, adding that Greece's progress in the sphere of reforms is there, but for the fund's participation in financial assistance to Athens,.
However, Lagarde believes that the participation of the IMF in the financial aid program of Greece is not so important, since this country receives support through the channels of the European stabilization mechanism, which is "very financially strong".
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in February, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned the International Monetary Fund and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble that in the situation around the Greek debt crisis they should "stop playing with fire".