15/04/2016

The delegation of the Republic of Kosovo, comprising the Deputy Governor of the CBK, Mr. Lulzim Ismajli, along with the Minister of Finance, Mr. Avdullah Hoti, Minister of Economic Development, Mr. Blerand Stavileci, and Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Agim Krasniqi, is participating in the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, which are taking place in Washington, United States of America.

The Kosovo delegation in addition to participation in the plenary session of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, held bilateral meetings with senior officials of the International Monetary Fund, where they met with the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Min Zhu, the Director of the IMF’s European Department, Mr. Paul Thomsen, Executive Director, Mr. Ibrahim Canakci, as well as other representatives. In these meetings were discussed a number of issues, including the progress achieved in the implementation of the Stand-By Program.
The Kosovo delegation also met with senior officials of the World Bank, where they met with two vice presidents of the World Bank, Mr. Cyril Muller and Mrs. Laura Tuck, the Executive Director, Mr. Franciscus Godts, and the Director for the Western Balkans, Ms. Ellen Goldstein, with whom discussed the need for World Bank support in a number of capital projects in Kosovo.