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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens Said on Tuesday he has spoken With Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and historical Canadian Counterparts, goal Neither Committed to back history for the top job CANDIDACY At The MFI.
Carstens WAS In The Canadian capital on Tuesday for meetings With Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, touting historical experience in crisis management and as a skilled negotiator politique.
Beside Carstens, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde Is So Far The Only Other formal candidate for the Position of Managing Director At The International Monetary Fund and Believed to Be SI The front-runner.
"I have talked With Secretary Basically Geithner and What Is What He Said he has prepend More Than ounce, And That Is That Both Ms. Lagarde and myself are credible candidates and optometrist welcome and are looking forward to an Open Process," Carstens said.
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Flaherty Suggested Additional candidates emerge May Before the appointment process is closed Friday.
"We Have not taken a decision about Supporting Either candidate," Flaherty Told reporters in Montreal.
"So far, only two, to talk That There Is Still There Might Be More Than Two," he said.
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Emerging nations are bigger Demanding a Voice in the IMF to match Their Growing Economic Clout. The IMF top job has gone to a European Traditionally and Carstens Described as a historical CANDIDACY Challenges to the status quo.
Referring to historical Talk With Counterparts Canadian history, Carstens said: "The position THEY Have Held So Far Is One Shared By Other Countries, and welcome optometrist That Is An Emerging Market Participant With credentials like mine, drank They Want to see ... All the Candidates That Will Be Nominated In The Process, "he said.
Lagarde failed to win approval "of India The Immediate Düring There is a visit Tuesday and Wednesday WAS headed for China In Her next stop.
Carstens Said he Understood Why the Europeans Felt The Need to Have One of Their Own At The Helm Of The MFI As They grapple With The debt crisis.Said if he intended a European IMF chief "could help Latin America Overcome Crisis In The Past, a Latin American leader Could Do The Same for Europe.
"There is this Belief That a European Would Have Some advantage ... but I Can Say That aussi Someone From The emerging markets with experience in crisis management ..." could help Europe aussi tremendously to solve Their problems. "
The Race for the IMF job Was "Not an easy battle," he said. "If I Did not Believe Purpose I Had The Chance I Would not Be Doing this effort."
(Reporting by Louise Egan in Ottawa and in Montreal Claire Sibonney; editing by Peter Galloway and Rob Wilson)
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