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Disaster preparedness to be key topic at IMF-World Bank meets in 2012

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) — World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Friday he and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi agreed to make disaster preparedness one of the key topics at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Japan next year.

Speaking at a World Bank seminar in Washington, Zoellick said it would be good for Japan to share information about the March disaster and its efforts to rebuild with the rest of the world.

The World Bank chief and Azumi met earlier in the day.

Massive damage by Earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan, it’s ONGOING!!