WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday said advanced and emerging economies must keep focused on efforts to fix the world economy, foreshadowing a meeting of the Group of 20 rich and developing nations later in the day.
'In every meeting over the next couple of days and in every meeting that's going to happen going forward over the next several months, it will be the same agenda,' Geithner told a news conference after taking part in a meeting of financial officials from the Group of 7 advanced economies.
'And the agenda will be: What are we doing? Are we doing enough to help attenuate the risks in this recession, lay the foundation for an earlier recovery, lay the foundation for a more balanced, more sustainable recovery?' he said. He was due to host a meeting of officials from G20 after the news conference.
(Reporting by Glenn Somerville and Mark Felsenthal, writing by Alister Bull, editing by ) Keywords: G7/USA GEITHNER (Washington newsroom, alister.bull@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'In every meeting over the next couple of days and in every meeting that's going to happen going forward over the next several months, it will be the same agenda,' Geithner told a news conference after taking part in a meeting of financial officials from the Group of 7 advanced economies.
'And the agenda will be: What are we doing? Are we doing enough to help attenuate the risks in this recession, lay the foundation for an earlier recovery, lay the foundation for a more balanced, more sustainable recovery?' he said. He was due to host a meeting of officials from G20 after the news conference.
(Reporting by Glenn Somerville and Mark Felsenthal, writing by Alister Bull, editing by ) Keywords: G7/USA GEITHNER (Washington newsroom, alister.bull@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.