**Greece’s financial crisis is unlikely to spread to other eurozone countries with high debt levels, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said.**IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said “there’s no reason” to expect that Spain and Portugal would also need to call for external support.
Mr Strauss-Kahn’s comments came after the Greek prime minister met French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Greece is cutting public spending, but says it may need an IMF support deal.
The country is trying to reduce its public deficit this year from the current 12.7% - more than four times eurozone rules - to 8.7%.
Mr Sarkozy said on Sunday that France would stand “resolute” with Greece, but like German Chancellor Angela Merkel - who met Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday - stopped short of offering financial support.
Mr Strauss-Kahn told the Reuters news agency: "We have a problem with Greece. We don’t have a problem with Spain to date.
"The eurozone has to deal with the Greek problem. They are doing this.
“No one knows what’s going to happen tomorrow morning but there’s no reason why the spillover to Portugal or to Spain will take place.”
Greece is cutting civil servants’ pay, freezing pensions and raising some taxes, including sales, fuel, cigarettes and alcohol taxes.
Strikes and violent demonstrations have erupted since the measures were announced, with two more general strikes called for 15 and 16 March.