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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (local time) reached Washington to attend the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund and other G20 meetings.
As per ANI report, She was received by Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu. Sitharaman is on a week-long visit to the US.
US | Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Washington DC from New York. She was received by Indian Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
During the visit, she will be attending 2023 Spring Meetings of World Bank Group & International Monetary Fund along with other… pic.twitter.com/hb9fVD8rsB
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The Union Finance Minister will be attending meetings with Finance Ministers and Central Bankers from across the world. The meeting is scheduled to take place today at IMF Headquarters in Washington.
Sitharaman and Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das will also jointly chair the 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, FMCBG meeting on April 12.
Around 350 delegates from G20 members, 13 invitee countries, and various international and regional organisations will participate in the meeting.
They will engage in multilateral discussions centred around a broad spectrum of pressing global issues. During the meeting, the focus will be on issues such as addressing food and energy insecurity, managing global debt vulnerabilities, strengthening Multilateral Development Banks, mobilising finance for climate action and accelerating progress on International Tax and Financial Sector issues.
