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Saturday January 12, 10:20 am Eastern Time Argentine government calls IMF advice "offensive" BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Argentina's already icy relations with the IMF took a turn for the worse on Saturday, with a top government official calling the lender's advice ``offensive创 and saying more time was needed to end a long recession. Argentina's Vice Economy Minister, Jorge Todesca, said the government did not appreciate comments on Friday by the International Monetary Fund's first deputy managing director, Anne Krueger, who asked Argentina for a ``coherent创 plan. ``Just a few days after we came into government, Ms. Krueger sent us a letter, which itself was quite incoherent, bringing up a series of points. It was unclear whether they were demands or not. I consider it to be offensive for Argentina,创 Todesca told local radio. ``They (the IMF) should really talk less, especially if they have nothing interesting to say, and they should let us work for a couple more days so we can stabilize the economy,创 Todesca said. ``Then we will have a plan to present to the Fund, so we can recover international aid.创 In December the IMF froze $1.3 billion in desperately needed aid to Argentina after a previous government could not rein in budget overspending. Argentina is mired in a four-year recession that has forced it to devalue its peso currency and default on part of its $141 billion debt. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
