The Senator secured 30 minutes with his Westminster counterpart after a chance meeting at the largest meeting of world finance ministers.

Over four days this week in the Japanese capital, the Commonwealth, IMF and World Bank conferences across the globe.

As well as meeting Mr Osborne, Senator Ozouf has had talks with senior officials at the Japanese finance ministry, the finance minister of the United Arab Emirates as well as government figures from Malaysia.

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