The 58th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) began in Milan, Italy, yesterday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is leading the Indian delegation at the four-day event. The finance ministry in a statement said that the meeting will be attended by official delegations of the Board of Governors of ADB, official delegations of ADB members and international financial institutions. The finance minister will participate in the annual meeting’s focal events like the Governors’ Business Session, Governor’s Plenary Session and as a panellist in the ADB Governors’ Seminar on ‘Cross-Border Collaboration for Future Resilience’. On the sidelines of the ADB’s 58th Annual Meeting, she will also hold bilateral meetings with the finance ministers of Italy, Japan, and Bhutan, in addition to meetings with the President of ADB, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the Governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. The minister will also interact with the Indian diaspora in Milan, besides meeting global think-tanks, business leaders and CEOs, and participating in a plenary session of the NEXT Milan Forum at the Bocconi University on ‘Balancing Economic and Climate Resilience’.