This Weekend Sri Mulyani Meets The President Of Singapore, What Is Discussed?

Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati met Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Saturday, July 20, 2024 (Instagram/@smindrawati).

JAKARTA - Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati met Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Saturday, July 20, 2024. On this occasion, Sri Mulyani discussed various matters related to the economic and financial conditions of the world.

"Saturday morning, I had a valuable and extraordinary opportunity to be able to exchange ideas with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam," Sri Mulyani said on her official Instagram account @smindrawati, Saturday, July 20, 2024.

"Privilese had a very valuable opportunity to hear his views, exchange ideas and discuss various challenges to the world's economy and finances, as well as the challenges of world multilateral cooperation today and in the future in geopolitical situations that are changing dynamically and very challenging today," he said.

Sri Mulyani really appreciates Tharman's time and opportunity to talk to her. This meeting was very useful for Sri Mulyani, who was also asked to become an external advisor to a conference held by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (World Bank) since early July 2024.

"This change of thought is beneficial for me, who is currently asked to become an external advisor for the consultation process in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of The United Nations Monetary and Finance Conference (the 'Bretton Woods Conference') since early July 2024," he said.

He also shared information about a conference organized by the IMF and the World Bank aimed at expanding views on the future of the world economy, multinational cooperation, and the role of the two international institutions going forward.

"The World Bank and the IMF are proud to announce the formation of an external advisory group to help guide its implementation consisting of Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance of Indonesia; Patrick Achi, former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast; and Mark Malloch Brown, former Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations," wrote the IMF and World Bank regarding the consultation. in English quoted by Sri Mulyani in her upload.

"In collaboration with Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank and Crystalian GroupsELova, IMF Implementing Directors, advisors will lead discussions with global stakeholders regarding the form of the world economy 2030 years from now, on how multilateralism can occur," added the IMF and World Bank.