A senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official on Friday urged eurozone policymakers to provide a clear picture of how to tackle the eurozone debt turmoil although global collaboration is needed.

Zhu Min, deputy managing director of IMF, made the remarks in Honolulu.

The eurozone debt turmoil was more or less a global crisis that needed global efforts to address the challenge, but eurozone leaders should endeavor to chart the course of how to solve the problem first, Zhu said at the ongoing APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) CEO Summit 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

"There is a consensus that we need two firewalls" to protect the real economy and to stop the contagion triggered by the eurozone debt and banking stress, he noted.

A string of APEC meetings, including the Economic Leaders' Meeting, the Ministerial Meeting, the Finance Ministerial Meeting, the Business Advisory Council and the CEO Summit, will be held here this week.

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