Former Executive Director of Russia V.I International Monetary FundAlexei Mugin, that there is a blacklist at the Fund that includes some member states that are subject to discrimination due to geopolitical considerations.
He added in a press interview before leaving the position of Executive Director to represent the Russian Federation in the International Monetary Fund on November 1: “There is a blacklist of members in the Fund who are exposed to public discrimination based on geopolitical considerations. This list includes an increasing number of countries, and it is expanding.” constantly”.
Mojin pointed out that the “black list” includes a number of countries such as Iran, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar, adding that several African countries recently joined this list after confirming their independence and leaving the sphere of Western influence, such as Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
He also explained that Georgia was added to the list more than a year ago as a “punishment for disobedience.”
“When a big earthquake hit,” Mujin said SyriaThis was one of the cases in which the Fund was supposed to provide assistance in a binding manner, but the International Monetary Fund did not provide any support, given the directions of the Board of Directors, which is controlled by a majority of Western countries.”
It is noteworthy that a newspaper affiliated with the Syrian official regime’s media published reports citing the Central Bank talking about the existence of a foreign debt owed to Damascus, but the bank indicated that the country’s financial record is almost devoid of any internal or external debts.
The Central Bank of the Assad regime claimed that Syria maintained a “limited and controlled” external debt during the war period, even though the state treasury was suffering from a severe shortage of financial imports, without clarifying the actual value of this debt.
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He also considered that Syria is one of the countries that is almost debt-free, after it was established Russia By writing off its remaining debts from the Soviet Union period.
The IMF declares that its primary goal is to support countries in recovering from their economic challenges. News of its daily activities in various countries of the world continues, as it provides loan and aid programs, in addition to conducting reviews to provide assessments of the performance of economies.