Christine Lagarde assures Germany that IMF plans to remain engaged in Greece bailout talks

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Photo: Bloomberg

The International Monetary Fund's chief has reassured German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble that the IMF plans to remain constructively engaged in talks about further aid for Greece.

Christine Lagarde spoke with Schaeuble about Greece's bailout programme during the World Economic Forum in Davos this week and told him the IMF aimed to continue its participation, the spokesman told a regular government news conference.