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  • Major Leap for Africa At G20 Summit

    GERMANY, 2017/07/12 The G20 Leaders' Summit, which concluded in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, has recorded positive outcomes for world development, with significant benefits for the African continent. The office of South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday said critical developmental issues were tabled at the summit, which brought together leaders from the world's major economies, inclunding the European Union.

  • President Xi calls on G20 to champion open world economy, foster new growth drivers

    CHINA, 2017/07/10 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on members of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies to champion an open world economy and a multilateral trade regime as world increase remains unsteady despite signs of recovery. Speaking at the annual G20 summit in Hamburg, a major port city in northern Germany, Xi as well called for concerted efforts in fostering new drivers for increase, promoting a additional inclusive increase and improving world economic governance. "We must remain committed to openness and mutual benefit for all so as to increase the size of the world economic 'pie'," said Xi, who is at the helm of the world's second-major economy.

  • Xi's attendance of G20 summit advances cooperation: Chinese FM

    CHINA, 2017/07/10 Chinese President Xi Jinping's attendance of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Hamburg on July 7-8 contributed to maintaining and advancing the group's cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Saturday. Working together with the other participants, Xi made efforts to promote positive evolution at the Hamburg summit on the basis of the G20's summit held last year in Hangzhou, China, and made new contributions to strengthening cooperation within the G20, promoting world economic increase and improving world economic governance, Wang said.

  • G20 Summit participants in Hamburg, Germany 2017.

    GERMANY, 2017/07/08 An EU proposition to impose sanctions on smugglers that bring migrants from Africa was opposed by Russia and China, officials involved in the G20 talks told EURACTIV. European Council President Donald Tusk circulated on Tuesday (4 July) part G20 members a document to back his proposition to impose UN sanctions on people smugglers. The idea was discussed by government envoys over the last few days and found “good support”, according to an official involved in the negotiations.

  • As Trump and Putin meet, US and Russia agree ceasefire for southwest Syria

    GERMANY, 2017/07/08 The US and Russia have agreed to a ceasefire for parts of Syria on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Jordan confirmed it was party to the accord due to begin at the weekend. It was only planned for half an hour, but it lasted for additional than two as US President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Hamburg on Friday evening. "President Putin and I have been discussing various things, and I think it's going very well," Trump told reporters, sitting alongside the Russian leader. "We've had some very, very good talks. ... We look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for Russia, for the United States and for everybody concerned. And it's an honor to be with you," he said in reference to the Russian president.

  • South Africa: President Jacob Zuma Arrives in Germany to Attend the G20 Leaders' Summit

    GERMANY, 2017/07/07 President Jacob Zuma has this morning, 06 July 2017, arrived in Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany to attend the Group of 20 (G20) Leaders' Summit which is scheduled to take place from 07 to 08 July 2017 under the theme "Shaping an Interconnected World". South Africa is one of the 19 member nations of the Group of 20 (G20) which, in addition to the European Union (EU), the 20th member, have been conference regularly since 1999 to discuss world economic policy coordination.

  • CEOs to rethink Africa’s “business model” in Geneva

    SWITZERLAND, 2017/03/08 he 5th edition of the AFRICA CEO FORUM will take place from 20 – 21 March in Geneva and will focus on how to succeed in this new economic cycle on the continent. Having cemented its status as the foremost conference dedicated to the development of the African private sector, the AFRICA CEO FORUM 2017 will bring together additional than 1000 personalities, key decision makers in industry, finance and politics from the African continent and around the globe.

  • ITB Berlin celebrates 50th anniversary

    GERMANY, 2017/03/08 The 50th anniversary of the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin will be held from Wednesday to Sunday, 9 to 13 March, on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds ICC. At the same time as it was initial launched in 1966, the event hosted only nine exhibitors from five nations and was attended by only 250 trade visitors. ITB quickly became the world’s leading travel trade show. In 2015, a total of 10,096 companies and organisations from 186 nations exhibited their products and services to 175,000 visitors, who included 115,000 trade visitors.

  • Minister Nkoana-Mashabane to host her Austrian counterpart

    AUSTRIA, 2016/10/22 International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will meet with her Austrian counterpart, Sebastian Kurz, the Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, on 24 October 2016 in Pretoria. Minister Kurz is visiting South Africa from 24-26 October 2016, heading a 50-person strong business delegation, which includes the President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. South Africa ranks 6th amongst Austria’s overseas trading partners and is Austria’s major trading partner in Africa

  • EU Countries Resisting Extension of Economic Sanctions against Russia

    GERMANY, 2015/12/16 The EU is in the surprising situation of needing to transaction, at its upcoming summit conference at the end of this week, with the question of whether to extend sanctions against Russia. It had been expected to be an automatic continuation on account of Angela Merkel’s routinely doing whatever Washington says. But some European nations are clenching their fists and resisting her leadership on this particular matter. The EU summit this Thursday and Friday is as a result surprised to have to transaction with the extension of economic sanctions against Russia. The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, on Monday the 14th, at a conference of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, stunned people by placing this question onto the schedule. She tried to downplay the matter by saying that doing this is routine in cases where any Member National may dissent from a consensus. Last week, Italy, in particular, said that it was opposed to extending sanctions, and therefore any extension would require high-level talks.
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