SYDNEY, March 4 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ( GS ) dropped

a section dedicated to "diversity and inclusion" from its annual

filing to comply with U.S. law but continues to believe that

"diverse talent and meritocracy are not mutually exclusive", its

CEO told a conference in Australia.

"With some of the changes given (with) the executive orders,

and law, we have to communicate differently around these

things," the bank's CEO David Solomon told the Australian

Financial Review Business Summit.

"But that doesn't stop us from our mission to have the most

extraordinary talent to serve our clients."

(Reporting by Byron Kaye and Christine Chen; Editing by

Muralikumar Anantharaman)