Istanbul:
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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