EXTRAORDINARY VIRTUAL G20 LEADERS’ SUMMIT

March 28, 2020

Leaders from the group of 20 nations attended an extraordinary virtual G20 Summit through video conference. Chaired by Saudi Arabia, the summit discussed a global response to COVID- 19 crisis. Saudi Arabia, the chair of the G20 this year coordinated the video summit.

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At a video-conference of leaders of the world’s top 20 economies, the G20, hosted by the Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to discuss the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The G20 countries committed to inject more than $5 trillion into the global economy, and contribute to the COVID-19 solidarity response fund led by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The leaders agreed to have more interactions of G20 Foreign Ministers, health officials and the respective Sherpas before the Riyadh Summit of the G20 nations in November 2020.

Source : The Hindu