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G20 leaders discuss Afghanistan at a virtual summit

Ahram Online Leaders of the G20 held a virtual summit on Tuesday to discuss the humanitarian and security situation in Afghanistan following Taliban’s takeover. Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, whose country holds the rotating G20 presidency, has been pushing to widen the global discussion on Afghanistan to include other countries …

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G20 Leaders set-up online conference to discuss Covid-19 pandemic

Egypt Today   “Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies have convened a video conference on Thursday to discuss the coronavirus epidemic”, sources told Reuters. The group has been criticised for its slow to respond to the global crisis. G20 finance ministers and central bankers agreed during a separate …

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NGOs boycott Saudi Arabian G20 civil society talks

Egypt Independent   Three leading international NGOs announced on Monday, they are boycotting meetings that Saudi Arabia is holding with civil society groups, ahead of hosting this year’s Group of 20 summit; saying that participation would lend legitimacy to a kingdom “trying to whitewash its dire human rights record”. Saudi …

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Sisi attends G20 summit

Egypt Today   President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi arrived in Japan’s Osaka to attend the 2019 the Group of 20 (G20) summit set to be held on June 28-29. He met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, where they held a session of talks, Egyptian government’s TV reported. This year’s G20 …

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The African Union in the G20

The African Union can earn its well-deserved membership of the G20 by emphasising its considerable strengths Belal Manzour   The Group of 20 (G20) is one of the developed world’s most comprehensive forums among economic groupings. It was founded in 1999 and comprises 19 of the developed world’s economic powers …

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