Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday held a discussion on the global economic outlook and exchanged notes on issues of mutual interest with US Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen. In a series of tweets, the finance ministry said Yellen appreciated India’s contribution to the world’s vaccine efforts. As a part of its vaccine diplomacy, New Delhi has been providing Indian-made Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, to other countries through its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ initiative. Taking to Twitter, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) shared that both sides agreed to work closely through common economic and strategic collaboration in various multilateral fora, including the upcoming G20 summit.

“Finance Minister @nsitharaman had a fruitful discussion on global economic outlook with US Secretary of Treasury @JanetYellen virtually. Dr Yellen appreciated India’s contribution to the world’s vaccine efforts,” the MoF tweeted.

“FM @nsitharaman and US Treasury Secretary agreed to work closely through common economic and strategic collaboration in various multilateral fora, including the G20,” it added in a subsequent tweet. The Ministry also said that Sitharaman and Yellen exchanged notes on the economic issues of mutual interest and looked forward to the meeting of the India-US Economic and Financial Partnership later this year.