Description: Washington, DC --- Thursday 12 June 2025 1. Exterior shots of IMF Headquarters 2. Wideshot news conference 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Julie Kozack, IMF Director of Communications: “So, just going back to say the announcements of the, trade deals that have lowered tariffs, particularly the ones between the U.S. and China and the US, in the UK, those could be supportive or a bit more positive for economic activity going forward. But the overall picture is both complicated, for the reasons that I mentioned. We have seen some front loading in the first quarter. Some of that seems, perhaps to be, unwinding in more recent indicators. And we also, of course, have to remember that we are in an environment of very high uncertainty, and uncertainty in general tends to, to, you know, dampen economic activity. So the overall picture is quite complex. And so we will take all of these factors into account as we move forward with our, forecast in, in July.” 4. Cutaway Reporters 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Julie Kozack, IMF Director of Communications: “Ukraine's economy has remained resilient. Performance under the EFF has continued to be strong despite very challenging circumstances. The authorities met all of their quantitative performance criteria and indicative targets and progress does continue on the structural agenda.” 6. Cutaway reporters 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Julie Kozack, IMF Director of Communications: “Syria faces enormous challenges following years of conflict that have caused immense human suffering. And it's reduced the Syrian economy to a fraction of its former size. At the IMF, we're committed to supporting Syria in its efforts. Based on the findings of the mission, IMF staff, in coordination with other partners, are developing a detailed roadmap for policy and capacity development priorities for key economic institutions. And then within the IMF mandate, this covers the Finance Ministry, the central bank and the statistics agency. So those would be the areas where we will be focusing in terms of the detailed roadmap on priorities, economic and capacity building priorities. Syria, as we noted, will need substantial international assistance. We don't yet have a precise estimate of that assistance, but what I can say is this will also it will not only require concessional finance support, but also substantial capacity development support for the country.” 8. Various of Reporter cutaway & Reporter asking questions 9. Various exteriors IMF headquarters