Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal left the country for India today morning to attend a two-day G20 summit of finance ministers and central bank governors of the member states, which will start in Gujarat on July 17.

Although Bangladesh is not a member state of the alliance of 20 industrialised countries, Kamal will join the summit as a representative from a guest country and lead a delegation, according to a press release of finance ministry.

India, the host country, included Bangladesh and eight other nations from different parts of the world in the summit as guest nations this year.

The finance minister is expected to highlight what is needed to do to face the current global economic crisis and Bangladesh's economic progress.

He will also attend bilateral meetings with finance ministers of different countries, according to the press release.