Selassie made this known in response to a question about the status of the IMF deal with Ghana at a World Bank/IMF spring summit in Washington, USA.

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“We are in discussions and we will let you know as soon as a decision has been taken by the government of Ghana,” he said. “We are happy for the government to finish its deliberations and we are also initiating back and forth discussions.”

In 2015, Ghana entered into a three-year agreement for $918 million to, among others, restore macroeconomic stability.