IMF, WB DUTCH GROUP TO MEET IN YEREVAN

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 8 2006

Yerevan, June 8. /ARKA/. A representative meeting of the Dutch group
at the International monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB)
is to be held in Yerevan on June 17-18, the RA Ministry of Finance
and Economy reports.

During the annual meeting, a number of high-ranking officials,
particularly Ministers of Finance and Presidents of Central Banks of
12 group members, are to arrive in Armenia.

Among the meeting participants will be IMF Managing Director Rodrigo
Rato, WB Vice-President Danny Leiptziger, and others.

The IMF and WB Dutch group includes Armenia, Holland,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Spain, Croatia, Moldoa, Georgia, Romania,
Ukraine, Cyprus and Macedonia.