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Finance minister interacts with World Bank President Ajay Banga in Bangkok

Global Published 16 October 2026, 09:58 · archived 16 Oct 2026

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met World Bank President Ajay Banga during a dinner hosted by Thailand’s prime minister on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF annual meetings in Bangkok. “The occasion provided an opportunity for informal interaction alongside the ongoing high-level engagements at the annual meetings,” the finance ministry said on Friday. Earlier, Banga said the development lender has set a goal of quintupling its critical minerals business ​in five years, and has identified 20 countries that it ‌can partner with on critical minerals development projects. Banga revealed the...

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