,,Hosted in Georgia for the first time, the 57th annual meeting will feature 4,000 participants and guests, including Masatsugu Asakawa, the President of the Bank, its Vice Presidents and Executive Directors'', - the Finance Ministry said.

The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of Finance of Georgia Ekaterine Guntsadze, the Secretariat Advisor of the Asian Development Bank, David Garrigos-Soliva and the ADB Secretariat Officer Rachel Obfenda.

Delegations from 68 member countries, international representatives of financial institutions, the private sector, international and civil society as well as international and local media will also be hosted at the event, the body added.