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Azerbaijanâ€™s Finance Minister visits Jordan

15 May 2009 15:03 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Vugar Mustafayev â€“ APA-Economics. Azerbaijanâ€™s Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov has led a delegation to Jordan to attend the World Economic Forum on the Middle East on the theme of "Implications of the Global Economic Crisis for the Middle East: Home-grown Strategies for Success" from May 15-17, 2009.

The Ministry of Finance said Azeri delegation will also hold several official meetings on the sidelines of the forum.

The 2009 World Economic Forum on the Middle East will be a timely gathering of the foremost regional and global leaders to articulate the Middle Eastâ€™s response six weeks after the G20 Summit in London and one-quarter of the way into implementing the 2009 rescue packages of the United States, Europe, India and China.

The meeting is expected to convene over 1,300 business, government and civil society leaders from around 80 countries.

As part of the forum, top financial services executives, regulators and economists will hold their premier regional gathering at the Dead Sea on 14-15 May.

The summit will focus on sharing knowledge and innovation across themes ranging from financial market architecture and climate change to emerging market infrastructure.