Japan to invite emerging nations to G7 finance leaders' meeting
Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki participates in a news conference at the Fairmont Washington DC Georgetown hotel in Washington, US, on April 13, 2023.
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PUBLISHED ONApril 28, 2023 6:05 AM
TOKYO - Japan will invite some emerging nations to an outreach meeting at the Group of Seven advanced countries Japan chairs next month in the city of Niigata, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday (April 28).
The countries whose finance leaders will be invited to attend the outreach meeting include India, Indonesia, South Korea, Singapore and Brazil, Suzuki said in a post-cabinet meeting news conference.
Japan is chair of this year's meeting of G7 advanced economies. The meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors is scheduled to be held in Niigata on May 11-13.
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