Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said G-20 can play a major role in resolving the ongoing global economic crisis.

He also expressed hope that Bangladesh will soon be included as a member of the G-20 alliance, the finance ministry said in a press release today.

Kamal expressed the optimism at the G-20 meeting in Gujarat, India. The Bangladesh delegation led by the finance minister and the governor of Bangladesh Bank, Abdur Rauf Talukdar, is participating in the conference which is being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat of India.

The finance minister said that G-20 is an international economic alliance consisting of 20 industrialized countries of the world. This alliance was formed to bring together important industrialized and developing countries of the world to discuss key issues of the global economy.

“We need to be more aware of this and to resolve this crisis, we must be sincere.. the G-20 alliance can play a very important role,” Kamal said.

He said that participating in the G-20 process is a unique opportunity for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh will also participate as a “guest country” in the G-20 summit to be held on September 9, 10. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also been invited to attend the summit of heads of state and governments.