- Title: High security as G20 finance ministers and global finance chiefs meet
- Date: 17th March 2017
- Summary: BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY (MARCH 17, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF KURHAUS IN BADEN-BADEN WHERE G20 FINANCE MINISTERS AND BANK CHIEFS MEET POLICE PATROLLING IN FRONT OF VENUE G20 LOGO SECURITY CHECKPOINT WITH ROAD BLOCK CONCRETE BLOCKS ON ROAD AT CHECKPOINT POLICE OFFICERS POLICE AND BARRICADES PEOPLE ARRIVING AND HAVING CREDENTIALS CHECKED CONCRETE BLOCKS ON ROAD / PAN TO VENUE POLICE AND BARRIERS, VARIOUS POLICE CHECKING CREDENTIALS OF MAN ARRIVING SIGN READING 'WELCOME' EXTERIOR OF VENUE SATELITE TRUCKS OUTSIDE VENUE EXTERIOR WITH FLAGS
- Embargoed: 31st March 2017 07:20
- Keywords: G20 finance minister IMF security Baden
- Location: BADEN BADEN, GERMANY
- City: BADEN BADEN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: G20,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00168CIB0N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Security is tight at the G20 finance ministers meeting in Baden Baden on Friday (March 17) as financial leaders from around the world descend on the town, and after a letter bomb sent to the IMF's office in Paris injures an employee.
A female employee of the International Monetary Fund suffered injuries to her face and arms on Thursday when a letter bomb addressed to the world lender's European representative blew up as she opened it, police said.
A day earlier a militant Greek group, Conspiracy of Fire Cells, claimed responsibility for a parcel bomb mailed to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday, but there was no immediate claim for the Paris attack. The IMF has also been involved in talks between Greece and its international creditors on disbursing new loans to Athens under a bailout programme.
Members of the IMF will be attending the G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies meeting in Baden-Baden along with members of the ECB and the G20 finance ministers, including U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
The main theme of the G20 meeting is likely to be the degree of consensus against protectionism that all member countries will be able to agree on. Mnuchin said on Thursday that the Trump administration has no desire to get into trade wars, but certain trade relationships need to be re-examined to make them fairer for U.S. workers. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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