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Summary Rousseff says her country is willing to lend IMF money which may be needed to bail out EU countries.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday (December 15) in Brasilia and Rousseff reiterated her countrys willingness to lend funds to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).After signing bilateral trade, technology and educational agreements, Fillon defended an agreement for a better reintegration of the Europeans monetary policies.The Prime Minister joined Rousseff in a news conference and said that he wouldnt compromise the European currency.I know that President Dilma understood that with whatever difficulties we have to go through, we will never compromise the European currency. That, for us, is the symbol of the European reconstruction; this reconstruction is essential for the protection of our European civilization, he saidFillon also talked about the French participation in the Libyan military intervention and condemned the acts of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.I told President Dilma that we were mortified with the civil population massacres that happen every day around the world. I am very glad to verify that most of the states, including France and Brazil, have condemned the acts of Bashar al-Assad. And I hope that the international community has the conditions of ending with the suffering imposed to the Syrian people, said Fillon.Rousseff said her country had set IMF reform as a condition to lending the organization any funds.I am reiterating the Brazilian governments willingness to lend to the monetary fund, if necessary, but only if we have guarantees that the 2010s reform of the fund would be implemented, said Rousseff.The meeting took place after Fillons short visit through Sao Paulo. In the next couple of days, he will visit Rio de Janeiro to take part in a tribute ceremony for the victims of the 2009 Air France crash.
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