“Despite the severity of the pandemic we are currently facing, it did not create an obstacle to the continuity of the Saudi G20 presidency agenda…The Saudi G20 presidency led international collective efforts to work and seek solutions to this crisis, as the presidency program and Engagement Groups’ meetings have continued and adapted to a new normal with courage and creativity, hoping for a better world that enjoys stability, health resilience and food security.”

-Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in comments made on behalf of King Salman of Saudi Arabia,which emphasized that the coronavirus pandemic has not been an obstacle to the Saudi G20 presidency. [Asharq Alawsat]