LONDON - ''Disagreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is out of question,'' Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan said on Wednesday.
Unakitan said in a press conference for foreign journalists that studies continued for a second 3-year agreement between Turkey and the IMF.
Unakitan said the government gave high importance to financial discipline, stating that no concession would be made from this.
''The government announced that it would reach 6.5 percent primary surplus in 2005, stating that the programs were made accordingly,'' Unakitan said, stressing that first results of January 2005 were positive.
Unakitan said interest of international markets increased in Turkey after European Union (EU) started negotiation process with Turkey.
Replying to a question about privatization, Unakitan said many small and medium scale enterprises were privatized in 2004.
Unakitan said 2.1 billion U.S. dollars income was obtained as a result of the privatization, and noted that several other big institutions would be privatized in 2005.
Replying to another question, Unakitan recalled that growth target for the year 2005 was 5 percent, and inflation target was 8 percent.
Unakitan met foreign investors in London within the framework of a program arranged by a company named UBS and addressed around 300 entrepreneurs.