G20 summit held in Rome
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Leaders of the world’s 20 leading economies (G20) arrived in the Italian capital, Rome on Saturday for the summit of G20, on the eve of the international climate conference “COP26”, which will be held in Glasgow, Scotland (Britain).
US President Joe Biden met with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the G20 at France’s Vatican embassy in Rome. This was their first meeting since the submarine row between the two countries.
“We must look to the future,” said Macron, while Biden said: “United States does not have an older and more loyal ally than France.”
The Climate Summit is scheduled to be held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, today, with the attendance of 197 countries, with the aim of addressing the issue of climate change and finding solutions to complicated problems.
The G20 is the international forum that brings together the world’s major economies. Its members account for more than 80% of world GDP, 75% of global trade and 60% of the population of the planet.
The forum has met every year since 1999 and includes, since 2008, a yearly Summit, with the participation of the respective Heads of State and Government.
The G20 is being held this year in Rome, for the first time since the outbreak of coronavirus, amid tight security, and the absence of the leaders of China, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
The summit will start today and will continue until tomorrow, with the global health crisis, economic recovery, and climate change at the top of this year’s agenda.
G20 consists of the European Union, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Britain and the United States.
The G20 does not have a permanent secretariat: its agenda and activities are established by the rotating Presidencies, in cooperation with the membership.