PM Massimov mulling to suggest Marchenko to the position of the IMF head

Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov intends to suggest Chairman of the National Bank Gregory Marchenko as a candidate for the position of the IMF Head at the sitting of CIS (Commonwealth of independent States) Heads of Government in Minsk. “I want to suggest Marchenko as a candidate for the position of the IMF Head”, the Prime Minister wrote in his Twitter account. The sittings of the Council of CIS Heads of Government and Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (supreme body of the Customs Union) is being held in Belarus capital on May 19. The Customs Union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus came into existence on January 1, 2010 to boost trade and investment. According to the statement made at the press-conference in Minsk, the Customs Union was formed on the WTO principles.