For the first time 2-day meeting of ministers of finance from G8 countries will be held under chairmanship of Russia in Moscow.
Forum will become a first meeting of ministers in 2006. Final press-conference and press-conference of national delegations will be held by results of the meeting. Meeting of G8 ministers with Russian president Vladimir Putin is planned for February 11.
Russian minister of finance Aleksey Kudrin has informed Vladimir Putin earlier this week that ministers wish to examine questions submitted for G8 summit. Summit of G8 will be held in St. Petersburg on July 15-17. Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, Italy, USA and Great Britain are members of G8.
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