We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is not in our interest to sign economic policy agreements with the IMF, as that unnecessarily limits the room to manoeuvre of... the Hungarian government, Hungarian parliament and lawmakers.
The Hungarian interest is that, if necessary, we should make loan agreements with the IMF on a regular basis.
The IMF is set up to deal with liquidity crises.
We do have some assistance from the World Bank but not from the IMF. We are not borrowing yet, but we are considering, in the future, borrowing from the Kuwait Fund to support our infrastructure development.
By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.
Korea's early repayment of the full amount of loans from the IMF is a major milestone.
I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.
We'll uphold our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO.
The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.
Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.