The leaders of the G20 countries concluded today the fifteenth session of the virtual summit meetings of the leaders of the G20 countries, which was held on the 21st and 22nd chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud gave a speech in which he said:

I would like to thank you for your active participation during the past two days. We have been able to reaffirm the spirit of cooperation that has always been the cornerstone of the success of the G20. We need it now more than ever to cope with the consequences of the pandemic and build a prosperous future for the people of the world.

We have achieved a lot this year, and we have fulfilled our commitment to continue working together to rise to the level of challenges arising from the Coronavirus pandemic with the goal of protecting lives, livelihoods and the most vulnerable. We have adopted important policies that will achieve recovery, in order to achieve a strong, sustainable, inclusive and balanced economy, and to activate efforts aimed at making the global trading system fit for all, and to create conditions for achieving sustainable development.

Most importantly, we have succeeded in presenting a message of reassurance and hope to our citizens and all peoples around the world through the leaders ’final statement of this summit, which I have the honor to announce that the G20 countries will adopt it, which is what the world has been expecting from us, and this achievement today is the culmination of our joint efforts during a full year With challenges.

Our collective and individual efforts will have a decisive role in overcoming the global challenge that exists before us today, and looking towards the future, we will work by empowering people, preserving the planet, and shaping new horizons, to lay the foundations for achieving our general goal, which is to seize the opportunities of the twenty-first century for all. .

In view of the Kingdom’s regional and international standing and our unique location that links three continents and forms a link between emerging and developed markets, the Kingdom will continue to play a major role in the G20 to achieve global cooperation and find solutions to the most pressing global challenges of the twenty-first century in cooperation with our partners in the group and the rest Countries.

This is the first time that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been honored to assume the presidency of the Group of Twenty, although it was a year full of great challenges, but with your support we were able to rise to the level of the challenge.

Here I would like to express my sincere gratitude to our partners in the Troika, Italy and Japan, for their assistance to us in achieving our program this year.

I am now pleased to transfer the honor and responsibility of hosting the G20 Presidency in 2021 AD to Italy, wishing it success in that. We stand ready to provide assistance in any way possible.

And now I invite the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to present his speech and assume the presidency of Italy for the G20. Prefers the Prime Minister.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gave a speech thanking the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for presiding over the Kingdom for the G20 summit and uniting the group’s efforts, announcing his country’s readiness to take over the group’s summit, stressing the continuation of the success achieved by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during his presidency of the group.

After that, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques announced the conclusion of the Riyadh Summit of the G20.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivers the summit presidency statement

His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chairman of the G20 Summit for this year 2020, expressed his heartfelt thanks to the leaders of the G20 countries and to everyone who participated and contributed to the meetings from All countries and representatives of international organizations, the business community and civil society throughout the year of the Kingdom’s presidency of the G20.

His Highness affirmed that the Kingdom’s presidency of the G20 has devoted its efforts to building a stronger, more robust and sustainable world, in parallel with the great economic and social transformation the Kingdom is undergoing, guided by the Kingdom’s 2030 vision.

And His Highness, the Crown Prince, stated that the Kingdom will continue to support international efforts related to providing vaccines and treatments for the new Corona virus for all in a fair and affordable manner, once available, and will work with its international partners and the Italian Presidency of the G20 next year to achieve this.

(The closing speech of King Salman ... and the statement of the presidency of the G20 summit)

The closing statement of the G20 summit

The leaders of the G20 countries concluded today the fifteenth session of the summit meetings of the leaders of the virtual group, which was held on November 21 and 22, chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The final statement issued in Riyadh today, Sunday, emphasized “the necessity of coordinating global measures and solidarity is multiple.” He also affirmed the commitment of the group countries to lead the world towards recovery after the Corona pandemic.

The closing statement approved the initiative to suspend debt service payments until June 2021, from which more than one billion people in debtor countries will benefit.

The G20 leaders pledged to make every effort to ensure that the new Corona virus vaccines reach everyone in a fair and “affordable” manner, and that “remaining financing needs” for these vaccines are met.

“We have mobilized the necessary resources to meet urgent financing needs in the field of global health to support research, development, manufacturing and distribution of diagnostic tools, treatments and vaccines that are safe and effective for the emerging corona virus,” the group, which includes the world’s most powerful economies, said in a closing statement.

She added, “We will spare no effort to ensure its equitable access to all at an affordable cost,” stressing its commitment to “meeting the remaining global financing needs.

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