Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yoon-chul Departs to Attend G20 Finance Ministers' Meeting and IMF, World Bank Annual Meetings
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yoon-chul will depart for Washington, D.C., United States, to attend the 4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting, as well as the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), which will be held from October 15 to 18.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yoon-chul is responding to questions from lawmakers at the National Assembly's Planning and Finance Committee audit held on the 14th. 2025.10.14 Photo by Kim Hyun-min
View original imageAccording to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on October 14, Deputy Prime Minister Koo will participate in discussions across a total of eight sessions during the two-day G20 meetings on October 15 and 16. The agenda includes global economic and financial stability, the international financial system, the Africa cooperation framework, and key financial sector issues. On October 15, he will also join the G7 High-Level Dialogue, hosted by the Canadian Minister of Finance, to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and measures to combat financial crime.
On October 17, he will attend the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting as a representative of the IMF's member countries. This meeting will bring together finance ministers and central bank governors from 25 member countries to discuss the global economic situation and the IMF's response. During his visit to Washington, Deputy Prime Minister Koo plans to hold bilateral meetings with finance ministers from major countries, including Canada, as well as with the heads of the IMF and the World Bank, to introduce global economic issues and the new government's "AI Grand Transformation" growth strategy, and to discuss avenues for cooperation.
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He will also meet with James Longsdon, Global Head at Fitch Ratings, to explain the direction of Korea's economic policy. In addition, during talks with Euroclear Group, he will review the progress of Korea's inclusion in the World Government Bond Index (WGBI) and discuss strategies to expand the base of global investors.
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