Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that Argentina is unable to repay its US $ 45-billion debt with the International Monetary Fund, because it "does not have the money to pay", adding that the terms and rates proposed are “unacceptable ". The vice president requested" gestures "in favour of Argentina from the IMF to extend the payment terms and reduce the interest rate. She called on the opposition to help seek better terms from the fund since they are responsible for taking on the debt under former president Mauricio Macri. CFK's comments come after a meeting between Economy Minister Martín Guzmán and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington that what was described by both sides as a “very good meeting.” After Fernández de Kirchner's statements, the IMF spokesman, Gerry Rice, said that the current terms of the agreements for any country are up to 10 years.