HINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - Below are highlights of comments on Friday from officials attending the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings. Finance officials from Group of Seven industrialized nations and the Group of 20 major economic powers will meet in conjunction with the IMF and World Bank meetings. <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > For a diary of scheduled events, see [IMF/DIARY] > For a Take a Look of stories, see [G7/G8] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> RUSSIAN FINANCE MINISTER ALEXEI KUDRIN ON CURRENCIES "In my opinion, in the next 20 years, both the dollar and the euro will remain the world's leading currencies." "That's why the performance of the U.S. economy and the European economy is important to us." ON INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND'S SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHT "SDR cannot become a world currency (at this time)." ON CAPITAL CONTROLS "Russia is not going to introduce capital controls." ON WTO "We're very close to reach an agreement." "We understand that we need to introduce structural reforms. ... Russia is ready to do that." U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER ON JAPAN YEN INTERVENTION "I'll emphasize I think it's very improtant that we were come together as a G7 in exceptional circumstances just a few weeks ago and help Japan contain the risk that a sharp appreciation of the yen would damage recovery. And it's a good sign of the world's support for Japan and a good sign of capacity of the major economies to come together when it matters and do something useful for the global economy."

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