MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BRUSSELS, July 8 (KUNA) -- Finance
Ministers of the 18-member Eurozone Monday discussed the international
role of the euro and ways to strengthen it.
"We looked into ongoing
work to strengthen the international role of the euro. The (European)
Commission has been building the evidence base for possible initiatives
at the sectoral level," Eurogroup President Mario Centeno told a news
conference at the end of the meeting in Brussels tonight.
"This was
not our first discussion on the topic and it will not be the last - it
is a priority and we will take it forward as was requested by (EU)
Leaders in December," he noted.
On his part, Klaus Regling, Managing
Director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the EU's permanent
bailout fund, told the joint press conference that they had a "good
discussion" on the international role of the euro.
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