The official representative of the International Monetary Fund, Gerry Rice, said that the IMF “fully supports” Argentina, Bloomberg reports. According to him, the IMF is confident that “the consistency of aim and determination of the Argentine authorities will help cope with the current difficulties”. Rice also noted that on September 4, the meeting of the fund's managing director Christine Lagarde with Argentin Minister of Economy Nicholas Duchovny is planned to advance in the negotiations and “provide an updated economic plan for consideration by the IMF's executive board”. President of Argentina Mauricio Macri earlier appealed to the IMF with a request to accelerate the transfer of funds from the open country to a credit line for 50 billion dollars.