Finance Minister meets AIIB chief and discusses opportunities to further deepen ties
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met AIIB President Zou Jiay in New Delhi. They discussed deepening the India-AIIB partnership and infrastructure priorities. Support for transport connectivity and local-currency financing was also explored. Inc...
By PTI |
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday met Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Zou Jiay and discussed opportunities to further deepen the India- AIIB partnership.
"They discussed opportunities to further deepen the India-AIIB partnership, support India's infrastructure and transport connectivity priorities, enhance local-currency financing, increase private sector participation and global presence of AIIB," the finance ministry said in a post on X.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the two-day BRICS Summit here. The Summit would conclude on Sunday.
AIIB, set up in 2016, is a multilateral development bank focused on financing infrastructure.
"They discussed opportunities to further deepen the India-AIIB partnership, support India's infrastructure and transport connectivity priorities, enhance local-currency financing, increase private sector participation and global presence of AIIB," the finance ministry said in a post on X.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the two-day BRICS Summit here. The Summit would conclude on Sunday.
AIIB, set up in 2016, is a multilateral development bank focused on financing infrastructure.
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