James Roaf

The IMF mission is led by James Roaf.

The talks dealt with the realization of infrastructure projects and the projects planned within the new investment cycle, the Serbian government announced.

At the end of their visit to Belgrade for the first consideration of a new arrangement, they also indicated that structural reforms should be accelerated, Beta agency reported.

The full implementation of the program of structural reforms will have additional positive effects on the growth potential, reads the statement of IMF Mission chief James Roaf.

They will discuss the results of the new macroeconomic and structural reforms, supported by the PCI-Policy Coordination Instrument, the Serbian government has announced.

The Serbian delegation is led by NBS Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic, who also represents Serbia at the IMF, and includes representatives of the ministries of finance and economy.

It will have an advisory role and does not include financial assistance.

Visiting IMF mission chief James Roaf announced the deal on Wednesday.

The IMF delegation, which will be in Belgrade until June 13, will over the next three days speak with Serbian officials to finalize talks about a new advisory arrangement, Tanjug said on Monday.

It marked the start of official talks, the central Bank announced.

Serbia's delegation was led by NBS Governor and Serbia's Governor to the IMF Jorgovanka Tabakovic, while representatives of the ministries of finance and economy also took part.

Serbia exits the program "boasting outperformance on several of its goals" - however, "concluding it with flying colors is only the first step in building a strong and vibrant economy able to compete globally," the IMF said.

"The program has done much better than expected, overperforming many of its macroeconomic goals," said head of IMF's Serbia team James Roaf.

BELGRADE - Serbia has made an impressive turnaround, stabilising its economic situation over the last three years, but whether those achievements will remain sustainable depends on whether the Serbian people and their leaders are prepared to make them such, says IMF Mission Head James Roaf.

BELGRADE - Serbia has done serious work in implementing its arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and IMF mission head James Roaf noted at a meeting Tuesday.

Vucic expressed the hope the financial institution would remain in Serbia after the conclusion of the three-year arrangement.

BELGRADE - Key parameters of the 2018 budget, including public sector salary and pension increases in 2018, have been agreed with the Serbian government, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission James Roaf said in Belgrade on Tuesday.