President Hassan Rouhani and International Monetary Fund Chief Christine Lagarde held talks Tuesday evening in New York on the sidelines of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. During the talks, President Rouhani hailed the key role of the IMF in management of the world crises. Ms Lagarde for his part referred to Iran’s influential role in establishment of the fund and underlined the need to solve economic problems in the Middle East region. She further voiced the IMF readiness to cooperate with Iran in various economic fields.