Jakarta (VNA) – Finance ministers and central bank governors fromG20 members will gather for their first meeting this year in Jakarta fromFebruary 17-18 during Indonesia’s G20 Presidency.
According to Perry Warjiyo, Governor of Bank Indonesia, high-profiletopics to be discussed in this meeting will be about inflation, policynormalisation and digitalisation to help G20 members recover their economy fromthe pandemic situation.
The meeting will be held at the Jakarta Convention Centreand the Gelora Bung Karno sports stadium in central Jakarta.
It will be preceded by a meeting of finance ministry andcentral bank deputies from February 15-16.
Both of the meetings were initially scheduled to take placein Nusa Dua in Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali, but moved to Jakartaas the Indonesian authorities are sure that the capital city is much safer dueto its high COVID-19 vaccination rate.
The meetings will take place both offline and virtually,Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said recently, remindingthat they be held under tight health protocols and all participants be stronglyrequired to follow the rule.
The Southeast Asia's largest economy on February 14confirmed 36,501 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to over4.844 million./.
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