Azerbaijan attends IMF-World Bank annual meeting
The 67th IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting has been held in Tokyo. The event, attended by 20,000 people from 188 countries, focused on global economic development, debt crisis in euro zone, reduction of unemployment and poverty.
Azerbaijan was represented at the event by delegation led by Deputy Finance Minister Azer Bayramov.
Delivering speech at the event, Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito expressed confidence that IMF and WB would continue efforts to promote global economic development and maintenance of international financial stability.
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, WB's new president Jim Yong Kim and others spoke about the changes in global economy, future goals.
Within the framework of the annual meeting, Azerbaijani delegation held several meetings with IMF and WB's officials, discussed the current state of bilateral relations and future directions.
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