Press Release No. <a name="P16_75"></a>05/158

Press Release: IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato's Statement on Today's Bombings in London

July 7, 2005


    Mr. Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today in Gleneagles, Scotland:

    "I offer my deepest condolences and sympathy to the people of the United Kingdom, and particularly to the families of those people so brutally murdered earlier today in London. As the head of a collaborative international institution I must stress that the IMF will continue to support liberty, promote freedom, and do its part in the fight against terrorism."





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