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German Chancellor meets leaders of IMF, World Bank, OECD

Xinhua, April 10, 2017 Adjust font size:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday held a meeting with leaders of international economic and financial organizations at the chancellery in Berlin.

Merkel welcomed the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde, the President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria, as well as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo and the Director-General of Internaional Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder.

They are to talk about the current issues concerning world economy and international economic policy, according to the German federal government.

And Germany's host of Group of Twenty (G20) summit will be a central topic for the meeting.

Germany holds the chair of G20, and the annual G20 summit will take place in German city Hamburg on July 7-8.

The meeting marks the ninth one for an informal annual conversation between Merkel and the world organization leaders. Endit