Finance Minister attends coordination meeting

Lima, Oct.10 (BNA): Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa attended the coordination meeting which discussed to the new strategy of the World Bank Group (WBG) "Consolidating Peace and Stability for Development in the Middle East and North Africa". The session came on the sidelines of the 2015 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held in Lima, Peru, in the presence of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and WB President Jim Yong Kim. The delegations discussed the positive contribution of the aforementioned strategy in supporting regional economic and social development and confronting the worsening crisis which is caused by the growing numbers of refugees and displaced people. The participants backed the WBG strategy, being a major step to achieve security and stability in the region.