FACTBOX: Schedule for Feb 9 G7 finmin meeting in Tokyo

Fri Feb 8, 2008 11:28pm EST
 
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(Reuters) - Following is a schedule of events at a meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors on Saturday in Tokyo.

All times are in GMT (local Japan time is GMT+9 hours).

SATURDAY, FEB 9

0300-0530 - Working lunch for G7 finance ministers and central bank governors

0530-0545 - Group photo

0545-0800 - G7 meeting

0845-0915 - G7 Presidency (Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga, Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui) news conference. A G7 communique will be released just before the news conference. Press briefings by other delegations are also expected around the same time.

0845 - Italian Economy Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa and Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi news conference

0900 - Joaquin Almunia, European Commissioner in charge of Economic and Monetary Affairs, to hold joint news conference with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the Eurogroup, and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet.

0900 - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney news conference

0900 - German delegation news conference

0915 - British finance minister Alistair Darling news conference

0915 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson news conference.

0915-0945 - Financial Stability Forum Chairman Mario Draghi, also Italian central bank governor, news conference. An interim report by the FSF analyzing the cause of financial turbulence and proposals for fiscal sector reforms will be released.

0920 - French delegation news conference

1000-1200 - Working dinner of finance ministers from G7 and China, Indonesia, South Korea and Russia (ADB, Eurogroup, European Commission and IMF also to attend)  Continued...

 

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