Medvedev calls for world democracies' urgent meeting

10 Oct, 2008 22:20 / Updated 16 years ago

Russian President Medvedev has backed a Japanese call for an urgent meeting of the World's Major industrialised democracies but said a wider range of participants was needed. The statement was made in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek where the leaders of forme

CIS leaders have decided to set up a working group to finance ministers from the members states in attempt to tackle the financial crisis.