Jaitley to leave for Frankfurt today to attend ADB meet

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on Wednesday leave for an official visit to Frankfurt to attend the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

In his speech at the First Business Session of ADB, Jaitley would focus on performance of the Indian economy in global slowdown and also highlight micro and macroeconomic indicators of the economy.

Co-operation with ADB in development will also be on his agenda, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

later, Jaitley will have a bilateral meeting with Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, Parliamentary State Secretary to German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Jaitley will also meet lyonpo Namgay Dorji, Finance Minister of Bhutan, and discuss about economic assistance packages from India to Bhutan, progress of work of hydropower projects funded by India and sub-regional co-operation in the region.

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