National Treasury, Reserve Bank to host G20 technical conference

National Treasury and the Reserve Bank will jointly host a two-day technical meeting under the Group of 20 Finance Track.

The Framework Working Group meeting will take place virtually starting today.

Participants will mainly include officials from finance ministries and central banks of all G20 countries.

In the statement by National Treasury, the meeting seeks to promote balanced, and inclusive growth, it will also discuss the draft work plan, which includes priority areas identified by the South African Presidency.

This will be the first of four FWG meetings planned for the year.

National Treasury says the virtual discussions will not be open to the media, however, media statements will be released at the end of the meeting.