IMF: 2010 budget is realistic

The 2010 budget is realistic and the challenge is to send it to Parliament as fast as possible, the International Monetary Fund chief of mission Jeffrey Franks said at the end of talks held at the Public Finances Ministry on Tuesday.

'We have had two days of very satisfactory talks. On a technical level we have an agreement on the 2010 budget. It is a very realistic budget, with a deficit of 5.9 percent of GDP,' Franks said, adding that the challenge at this moment is that it should be sent to Parliament as fast as possible.

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