IMF to work with new Jordan government to release more funds-spokesman

Jordan's designated new prime minister Omar al-Razzaz meets with Union leaders in Amman, Jordan June 7, 2018. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

The International Monetary Fund will work with Jordan's new government to complete a review of the debt-burdened country's IMF loan program as soon as possible to release another $70 million to Jordan, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.

The spokesman, Gerry Rice, told a regular news briefing that the IMF welcomed a call from Jordan's King Abdullah for a "national dialogue" over tax legislation that has sparked the protests that have brought down the country's government.