Icelandic Foreign Minister meets with IMF chief

Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, met yesterday with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in New York. Discussions centred on the Icelandic economy and the government's economic recovery programme, which was formulated in consultation with the IMF last fall. The Minister also briefed Strauss-Kahn on the status of the so-called Icesave-issue.