Joe Biden will support a permanent position for the African Union. Biden will make the announcement at a three-day US-Africa Summit. The US will commit to the continent after China and Russia make gains. Biden will support a permanent position for the African Union in the G-20, the White House stated. Biden will make the … Read more
Xi Jinping meets with the leaders of Australia, France and South Korea. They meet at the Group of 20 summit in Bali. China’s relations with these three US allies have deteriorated in recent years. After a near three-year exile from the world stage, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has launched on a frenzy of face-to-face encounters … Read more
US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen said that ahe and other finance ministers, quit of G20 meeting on Wednesday, because it was “so offensive.” She said the meeting with Russia, included the common challenges faced by countries, yet, it cannot be a usual business with Russia. She departed along with European and other Western officials that … Read more
When the Russian representative began his remarks at a closed-door G20 meeting in Washington, DC on Wednesday, finance ministers from a number of countries stormed out. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen participated in the walkout The other European and Western officials also participated in the meeting. US officials said that Yellen wiould not participate in … Read more
ROME – US President Joe Biden will meet with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome, a senior US official said. The NATO allies had been expected to hold a bilateral at the UN summit climate in Glasgow next week, but a senior US administration official … Read more
ROME – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned global leaders Friday that upcoming climate talks in the Scottish city Glasgow could fail without renewed trust among G20 leaders, calling for “more ambition and more action”. “There is a serious risk that Glasgow will not deliver,” Guterres told journalists, on the eve of a weekend meeting of … Read more
ROME – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Tuesday that the G20 extraordinary leaders’ meeting on Afghanistan focused primarily on humanitarian challenges in the Asian country. Speaking to reporters at the end of the virtual meeting, Draghi called for efforts to confront the biggest challenges that came to the forefront after the withdrawal of the … Read more
Leaders of the 20 biggest world countries (G20) will gather under one roof on Saturday to discuss the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic and how to handle recovery once the virus is under control. The meeting will be held virtually due to the pandemic. It will be chaired by Saudi Arabia. US President Donald Trump is likely … Read more
