
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia will become the first Arab country to organize a G20 summit, assuming the eve the group's presidency, local media reported.
The meeting of the main world economic powers will be in this capital on November 21 and 22 next year under the slogan 'Making the opportunities of the 21st century come true for all', published the state agency SPA.
This 15th Annual G20 Leaders Summit will focus on three fundamental objectives: the empowerment of people, safeguard the planet and design new frontiers, according to the source.
Some of the topics scheduled for the debate are also financial, economic and social, energy, the environment, the digital economy, commerce, agriculture, health, education and work, among others.
Upon receiving the rotating presidency of the block, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud said that the 'Kingdom will have an important role to play' in the two-day meeting.
Al Saud considered the appointment to reach consensus on international affairs a 'unique opportunity'.
More than a hundred parallel meetings are planned as ministerial and civil society meetings, in addition to conferences.
Saudi Arabia relieves Japan at the helm of the Group of 20, which also includes Germany, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, the United States, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, plus the European Union.
