Riyadh hosts G20 talks on debt crisis

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 20, 2020 12:25 am

RIYADH: Group of 20 (G20) nations will consider extending debt relief for coronavirus-hit poor countries in the second half of 2020, the group’s finance ministers and central bankers said Saturday after talks aimed at spurring global economic recovery.

In this photo released by Saudi Energy Ministry, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, chairs a virtual summit of the Group of 20 energy ministers at his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, April 10, 2020, to coordinate a response to plummeting oil prices due to an oversupply in the market and a downturn in global demand due to the pandemic. AP PHOTO

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