PNN – Today, in a report from Rio de Janeiro, AFP wrote that the heads of the Group 20 member states did not wait long for Joe Biden, the President of the United States, and took a group photo in his absence.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, American officials called the reason for this delay “logistics issues”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron were among the heads of member states who took a commemorative photo in front of the symbolic Sugarloaf Mountain.
After holding a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the summit, Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived at the photo shoot when it was too late and other leaders had left the stage.
The heads of the United States and Canada decided to take a separate group photo with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who also arrived late.
The heads of the 20 major economic countries of the world, known as the Group 20, called for a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon this morning in a joint statement and at the same time emphasized the need to establish a “stable and just peace” in Ukraine.
In the statement of this group, the imposition of “effective taxes” on the super-rich is also emphasized and it is stated: We will work together to impose an effective tax on the super-rich.
The G20 leaders did not reach a significant agreement on issues related to climate change at the Rio de Janeiro summit. They only mentioned the need for trillions of dollars to deal with climate change and refused to go into details.