Press Release: Statement by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on the Death of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan

December 27, 2007

Press Release No. 07/310

Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today on the death of Ms. Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan:

"I am deeply saddened to hear the shocking news today from Pakistan about the death of Ms. Benazir Bhutto. On behalf of the International Monetary Fund, I offer my deepest condolences to her family and the families of all the other victims of this tragic event."

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