Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is on a short visit to the Sultanate. Tahir bin Salim bin Abdullah Al Amri, the executive president of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO), received Lagarde, and her delegation, on Monday at Muscat International Airport, accompanied by a group of CBO officials, said a CBO release.

The IMF chief’s short visit to the Sultanate aims at discussing issues concerning the IMF and CBO together with enhancing bilateral relations.

The visit is also part of Lagarde’s tour across several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to participate in financial forums to discuss the financial and economic conditions in the region and its policies to diversify its economy and sources of national income.