Saudi FM participates in G20 Summit in Brazil

The G20 2024 summit is being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 18 and 19 with a focus on the fight against hunger, poverty and inequality; sustainable development and reform for global governance.

This 19th G20 Summit will be attended by representatives from all 19 member states – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Russia, Türkiye, UK and the USA and the European Union as well as this being the first G20 Summit for newly inducted member – the African Union. The AU was made a permanent member of the group of twenty during the 2023 summit in New Delhi, India.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, who arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, is leading the Saudi delegation. In addition to Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Saudi delegation includes Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance, and Abdulmohsen Al-Khalaf, Deputy Minister of Finance and Saudi Sherpa to the G20.

This G20 Summit occurs while the COP29 summit is ongoing in Baku, Azerbaijan.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres told reporters in Rio de Janeiro: “The spotlight is naturally on the G20. They account for 80 percent of global emissions. Now is the time for leadership by example from the world’s largest economies and emitters.”
According to reports, G20 representatives in Brazil reached a consensus on climate finance agreeing to text, “mentioning developing nations’ voluntary contributions to climate finance, stopping short of calling them obligations.”
COP30 will be hosted in Brazil next year.
The heads of state in attendance include Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Emmanuel Macron, Shigeru Ishiba, Olaf Scholz, Keir Starmer, Charles Michel (EU), Recep Erodogan and others.
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