In a statement on the communication between its chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Prime Minister George Papandreou, the International Monetary Fund mentions that "we are always in contact with our member-states and it is not unusual for the general director to speak with the leadership of a country."

It stresses that "in the case of Greece these talks concerned the Greek government's appeal for the provision of know-how regarding the preparation of the budget and tax evasion" and that "there were no negotiations and no agreement on economic aid between the Greek government and the IMF before the official application Greece submitted for economic aid at the end of April 2010."

The Fund reminds that "a year ago the general director of the IMF has stated that until the application was submitted (of Greece) we did not have discussions of an economic nature", and the announcement is completed with the remark that what took place in contacts between the two sides was that "officials of the Fund offered technical assistance to Greece following a relevant request by the latter."