Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets IMF MD Okay Georgieva on the sidelines of the G 7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting, in Niigata, Japan, on Friday.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday met International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Okay. Georgieva on the sidelines of G7 Finance Minister Central Bank Governors meet. She is on a two-day go to to Japan. The G7 meeting is going down in Niigata.
Ms. Sitharaman additionally met Brazilian counterpart Haddad Fernando on the sidelines of the G7FMCBG meet. Mr. Fernando appreciated India’s organisation of the G20 presidency and its piloting of important world financial points, the finance ministry mentioned in a tweet.
The two ministers mentioned points regarding infrastructure, strengthening multilateral improvement banks (MDBs), debt vulnerabilities and digital public infrastructure (DPI).
Ms. Sitharaman prolonged her assist for Brazil’s upcoming G20 presidency in 2024. The South American nation will maintain the G20Â presidency from December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024.
Ms. Sitharaman additionally met Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong.
Both ministers exchanged their views on strengthening India-Singapore cooperation on points like digital cost gateway, meals safety, inexperienced transition, ability improvement, crypto belongings, MDB reforms and pandemic preparedness, amongst others.
The FM, in the course of the meeting, highlighted the rising position of Artificial Intelligence and skilling programmes within the context of establishing new AI centres.
Both ministers mentioned methods for collaboration between India-Singapore in AI analysis and quantum computing.
