RIA Novosti, 10.06.2006

Kudrin considers the meeting of G8 finance ministers to be a success

ST. PETERSBURG, June 10. - RIA Novosti. RF finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, is sure that the meeting of G8 finance ministers in St. Petersburg was successful.

The minister said that the meeting was a success; the decisions made by the ministers were published in the final communiqué and special statement. According to Kudrin, the very fact of the meeting confirms that St. Petersburg is not only a “window to Europe” but also a “window to the world at large”.

The minister noted that today’s meeting confirmed that Russia was an integral part of the world.