TBILISI (GEORGIA), May 6 -- Italy will host the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) 58th Annual Meeting on May 4-7 next year.

The meetings will be held in Milan, marking Italy's first time to host and the first ADB Annual Meeting in Europe in almost a decade.

The annual meeting theme is "Sharing Experience, Building Tomorrow".

The Annual Meeting is a key opportunity for Governors from ADB's 68 members to consider development issues and challenges facing Asia and the Pacific, said ADB on Monday.

Several thousand participants, including finance ministers, central bank governors, senior government officials, members of the private sector, representatives of international organizations, civil society, and the media regularly join the meeting....