WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will stop in Tokyo for talks with Japanese officials ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting of finance ministers, his office said Wednesday.

Geithner will meet with senior Japanese officials November 10-11 "to discuss policies to bring about strong, sustainable and balanced global growth," according to a Treasury statement.

Geithner is due in Singapore on November 12, 2009 for the APEC meeting, where he will discuss "a range of issues related to the global economic crisis, including measures to ensure strong, sustainable and balanced growth," the statement said.