Turkey's Erdogan says asked G20 members to prepare investment strategies

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a joint media briefing with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he had asked G20 member states to prepare investment strategies to secure robust, balanced and sustainable global growth, ahead of a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Ankara. Erdogan said investing in infrastructure was key to securing such growth and that it was important to consider Islamic financing instruments as part of those plans. G20 finance chiefs are due to begin meeting in Ankara on Friday. (Reporting by orhan Coskun,; Writing by Humeyra Pamuk,; Editing by Nick Tattersall)