The International Monetary and Financial Committee of the International Monetary Fund held its meeting in Washington, D.C. on 16 April 2005 to discuss the global economy and financial markets, IMF’s strategic direction and the key IMF policy issues. Bank of Lithuania Deputy Governor Ramune Zabuliene took part in the meeting.
The results of the meeting are presented in the communiqué of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF at http://www.imf.org/external/np/cm/2005/041605.htm.
Mr Per-Kristian Foss, Minister of Finance of Norway, made a statement on behalf of Nordic and Baltic countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden). The statement is available at http://www.imf.org/External/spring/2005/imfc/stmt/eng/nor.pdf.
The position of the group of Nordic and Baltic countries on important IMF policy issues is reflected in the 2005 report of the constituency “Recent Policy Developments in the International Monetary Fund”.
On 18 April Ms Zabuliene participated in a Roundtable on Monetary and Financial Affairs held by the European Institute and made a presentation "Prospects of Euro Introduction and Some Aspects of Economic Convergence" at the session "Enlargement of the Euro Area".
The European Institute is a Washington-based public-policy organization providing an independent forum for US and European government and corporate decision makers on transatlantic affairs.