A meeting of finance ministers of the Group of G20 rich and emerging to be held April 23 in Washington, said Monday the website of the International Monetary Fund. Ministers are to meet at IMF headquarters on the eve of the beginning of spring meetings of the Fund and the World Bank, 24 and 25 April.
A briefing is scheduled on that Friday at 5:20 p.m. (9:20 p.m. GMT/23h20 HEC) with Korean Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun and Canadian Minister Jim Flaherty said the program issued by the IMF. These two men represent the two countries co-chairing the G20 this year. The IMF does not mention a possible meeting of ministers of the G7, as it generally holds meetings on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank.
Canada will host in June the G8 and G20, and Korea in November.
The G7 comprises four European countries (Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy), Canada, the United States, and Japan. The G8 added Russia. The G20 includes the G8 and other economies among the largest in the world (South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey) and the European Union .
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