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2020 Riyadh Summit

Held virtually
November 20-21, 2020

See also
Road to the 2020 Riyadh Summit | Analysis by the G20 Research Group | Official website of the 2020 Saudi Presidency

Riyadh Summit documents

Documents and statements are published here as they become available.

Official Summit Document

• Leaders' declaration, November 21, 2020

Side Events

• G20 Leaders' Side Event: Pandemic Preparedness and Response, November 21, 2020
• G20 Leaders' Side Event: Safeguarding the Planet, November 22, 2020

Press releases and texts issued during the summit:

• Closing Remarks of King Salman, November 22, 2020 [pdf]
• Presidency Speech by Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, November 22, 2020 [pdf]
• Opening remarks by King Salman, November 21, 2020
• G20 at A Glance: Who's Who in the Saudi G20, November 21, 2020 [pdf]
• 2020 Riyadh Leaders' Summit Agenda, November 21, 2020 [pdf]
• Saudi G20 Presidency Led the Way to Shape A Better World, November 21, 2020 [pdf]

Press release announcing that the summit will be held virtually, September 28, 2020

March 26 Extraordinary Summit documents

• Statement on COVID-19, March 26, 2020
• King Salman's Opening Remarks to the G20 Extraordinary Leaders' Summit, March 26, 2020
• Working Together to Defeat the COVID-19 Outbreak, statement by Xi Jinping, president, People's Republic of China, March 26, 2020
• Remarks by Moon Jae-in, president, Korea
• Intervention by Vladimir Putin, president, Russian Federation, March 26, 2020
• Media Statement by Scott Morrison, prime minister, Australia
• Statement by Charles Michel, president, European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Union, March 26, 2020
• Press Release on the Extraordinary Virtual G20 Leaders' Summit, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, March 26, 2020
• Remarks by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general, World Health Organization
• Remarks, António Guterres, secretary general, United Nations
• Remarks by Kristalina Georgieva, managing director, International Monetary Fund
• Remarks by David Malpass, president, World Bank
• Statement on G20 Extraordinary Leaders' Summit on COVID-19, March 24, 2020
• Announcement of G20 leaders' videoconference to discuss COVID-19, March 17, 2020

Documents issued at the launch of the 2020 presidency

• Overview of Saudi Arabia's 2020 G20 Presidency: Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All, December 2019
• Shaping New Frontiers, December 2019
• Safeguarding the Planet, December 2019
• Empowering People, December 2019
• Saudi Arabia Assumes 2020 G20 Presidency, Press release, December 1, 2019

Invited participants

• Countries:
  • Jordan
  • Singapore
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
• International Organizations:
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • Financial Stability Board (FSB)
  • International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • United Nations
  • World Bank Group
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Regional Organizations:
  • Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)
  • Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
  • Vietnam, Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • South Africa, Chair of the African Union (AU)
  • United Arab Emirates, Chair of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
  • Senegal, Chair of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

Originally Scheduled Ministerial and Other Meetings
(see Road to the G20 Riyadh Summit for extraordinary meetings and other events)

• February 22-23, 2020: Finance ministers and central bank governors, Riyadh
• April 15, 2020: Finance ministers and central bank governors, videoconference (originally scheduled for April 16-17 in Washington DC)
• April 19-20, 2020: Health ministers, videoconference (originally scheduled for Riyadh)
• July 18-19, 2020: Finance ministers and central bank governors, Jeddah
• July 22-23, 2020: Digital economy ministers, Riyadh
• September 5, 2020: Education ministers, virtual (originally scheduled for April 4-5, 2020)
• September 9-10, 2020: Employment ministers, virtual
• September 11-12, 2020: Agriculture and water ministers, Riyadh (agriculture ministers' meeting originally scheduled for March 18-19, 2020, and postponed to June 26-27, 2020)
• September 16, 2020: Environment ministers, Riyadh
• September 22, 2020, Trade ministers, virtual
• September 27-28, 2020: Energy ministers, Khobar
• October 7, 2020: Tourism ministers, King Abdullah Economic City
• October 14, 2020: Finance ministers and central bank governors, virtual
• October 22, 2020: Anti-corruption ministers, Riyadh
• November 20, 2020: Finance ministers' working dinner, Riyadh
• November 20, 2020: Foreign ministers, Riyadh

Engagement Groups

• L20 Summit, September 7-8, 2020, Riyadh
• S20 Summit, September 25-26, 2020, King Abdullah Economic City (originally scheduled for Jeddah)
• U20 Summit, September 30-October 2, 2020, Riyadh
• C20 Summit, October 6-9, 2020, Riyadh
• Y20 Summit, October 12-14, Riyadh (originally scheduled for October 13-14 in Khobar); October 15-17, Khobar (originally scheduled for Al-Ula); October 18-20, Al-Ula (originally scheduled for October 18-19 in Riyadh) (originally also scheduled for October 10-12, Riyadh)
• W20 Summit, October 20-22, Riyadh
• B20 Summit, October 26-27, RIyadh
• T20 Summit, October 31-November 1, RIyadh (originally scheduled for October 29-30)

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