Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets US Deputy Treasury Secretary

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday met visiting US Deputy Secretary of Treasury Wally Adeyemo and discussed India's upcoming G-20 Presidency in 2023 and issues related to the global financial sector.Both the leaders also discussed areas of mutual cooperation towards enhancing India-US partnership."Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman met Mr @wallyadeyemo, Deputy Treasury Secretary, USA, in New Delhi, today. The two sides exchanged views on global economic and financial sector issues," a Finance Ministry tweet read. "FM Smt. @nsitharaman and Mr @wallyadeyemo discussed India's G20 Presidency in 2023, as well as areas of cooperation for continued and enhanced India-USA partnership,a another tweet from the ministry said. India is to assume the presidency of G-20 in September 2023.Adeyemo had earlier met Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das and discussed international economic developments as well as the India-US economic and financial partnership with him.
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