Massa went to France on the 29th to renegotiate the debt with the Paris Club

Next destination: Paris. Minister Sergio Massa believes that the review with the IMF is already closed, beyond the fact that there is no formal announcement, and that it will give him support to agree with the Paris Club, where he will travel later this month to negotiate in that area, according to sources from his delegation in Washington.

“The negotiation with the Paris Club he is running, we have finished our proposal, which is very beneficial for Argentina. Somehow, the approval (of the revision) by the board of directors of the Fund will trigger the confirmation of the closing of the agreement with the Paris Club, “Massa told a press conference in Washington.

The minister, the date that is handled is on September 29 negotiations will resume with this European body, which is they owe about $ 2 billion. Former minister Martín Guzmán was preparing to reach that destination when he resigned from his post and his successor Silvina Batakis was unable to travel to the French capital as she remained in office for only three weeks.

The Paris Club takes the economic and sustainability analyzes prepared by the Fund to support any country, so this Washington review gives the minister confidence. “We have the peace of mind that we are making more than substantial progress. Argentina not only had a good week (in Washington and Houston) but will have other good news ”.

In the conference he gave at the embassy, ​​with the Argentine flag behind him, the minister seemed very happy with his tour. On balance, he said he had achieved investments “in the real economy”, and listed a potato chips plant in Mar del Plata, increased investment in energy, mining and hydrocarbons. In addition, he recalled the disbursements of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank and also the revision of the last quarter with the Fund, which, according to what was stated, “as well as from the bureaucratic point of view, the revision will be released in the next few hours. to know that we have ordered and closed the path of the second quarter with the Fund “.