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The G20 leaders’ summit opened on Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa, with President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the first address as delegates gathered for two days of talks.
Ramaphosa told leaders that South Africa had used its G20 presidency, overseeing about 130 meetings at home and abroad, to uphold the forum’s integrity as it broadened from macroeconomic policy to a wide agenda spanning trade, development, health, energy, climate and other global challenges.
In line with South Africa’s G20 theme of “solidarity, equality and sustainability,” the first G20 summit ever held on the African continent under Pretoria’s presidency is expected to focus on debt relief for low-income countries, a major barrier to inclusive growth across the developing world.
The G20 leaders’ summit opened on Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa, with President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the first address as delegates gathered for two days of talks.
Ramaphosa told leaders that South Africa had used its G20 presidency, overseeing about 130 meetings at home and abroad, to uphold the forum’s integrity as it broadened from macroeconomic policy to a wide agenda spanning trade, development, health, energy, climate and other global challenges.
In line with South Africa’s G20 theme of “solidarity, equality and sustainability,” the first G20 summit ever held on the African continent under Pretoria’s presidency is expected to focus on debt relief for low-income countries, a major barrier to inclusive growth across the developing world.
