The PM will begin a four-day series of meetings in Gulf states on Saturday with the aim of increasing international contributions to the IMF’s credit crunch contingency fund.
Speaking to journalists before departing Heathrow on Saturday morning, Mr Brown said that all nations had to play their part in solving the world economic downturn.
Earlier this week he said the $250 billion set aside by the International Monetary Fund to help nations struggling with the current global financial crisis may not be enough, and that countries that had built up large reserves should use their surpluses to boost the fund.
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