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  "title": "Press Release: IMF Statement on Cyprus at the Eurogroup Meeting",
  "publication": "IMF News, March 16, 2013",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 13/80",
  "publishDate": "2013-03-16",
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      "heading": "Statement overview",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 13/80\n- Date: March 16, 2013\n- Speaker: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)\n- Context: Statement issued following the Eurogroup meeting"
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      "heading": "Key findings and assessments (verbatim language preserved)",
      "content": "- “I welcome the agreement reached today to address Cyprus’ economic challenges.\"\n- \"The IMF has always said that we would support a solution that is sustainable, that is fully financed, and that appropriately allocates the burden sharing.\"\n- \"I believe that the agreed package meets these three objectives.\""
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      "heading": "IMF position and next steps",
      "content": "- On this basis, Christine Lagarde stated: \"I intend to make a recommendation to our Executive Board for the IMF to contribute to the financing of the package.\"\n\nImf Press Release No. 13/80, March 16, 2013.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Cyprus and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2015/09/14/01/49/pr1380"
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