IMF's Thomsen says Greece must step up reform, slow down on deficit

ATHENS Feb 1 (Reuters) - Debt-laden and recession-hit Greece must accelerate structural reforms and slow down on the deficit, the chief of the IMF's inspection team for Greece was quoted as saying by a Greek newspaper on Wednesday.

"We will have to slow down a little as far as fiscal adjustment is concerned and move faster - much faster - with implementing reforms," Poul Thomsen told Greek newspaper Kathimerini in remarks published in Greek.