WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mauricio Claver-Carone, the White House official elected to lead Latin America’s regional development bank starting Oct. 1, on Monday said he aims to play a constructive role in Argentina’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.
Claver-Carone told Reuters in an interview that he wanted to help Argentina negotiate a new program with the IMF to replace a failed 2018 agreement that has already seen around $44 billion disbursed, but said the talks would be “long and arduous.”
He said he pledged his support in a call with Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez shortly after Saturday’s election for a new president of the Inter-American Development Bank. Argentina had favored delaying the election, and abstained from the vote, along with 15 other member countries.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
