Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew shake hands during the G20 submit.
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan asserted a strong joint commitment to combat financial networks supporting Islamic State militants at a G20 summit in Istanbul, a US Treasury spokesperson said today.
In a meeting on the sidelines of the summit, the two also agreed that boosting near-term domestic demand should be a top priority for the G20 under Turkey's presidency in 2015 and that all parties should adopt a "pragmatic way forward" over Greece
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