Delegates at the third G20 Sherpa Meeting (Source: VNA) G20 members should promote inclusive development acrosseconomic, financial and social aspects to ensure everyone benefits fromeconomic achievements, financial access and social equality, the Vietnamesedelegation head, Foreign Minister Assistant Vu Quang Minh said duringdiscussions on the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
He spoke highly of G20 countries’ efforts to ensure globalhealth and fight against diseases, affirming that global cooperation is crucialin preventing antibiotic resistance and needs to be included in the meeting’sjoint statement.
On the digital economy, Vietnam proposed that G20 establisha global forum on start-up to share experience in promoting and supportingstart-up enterprises.
The Vietnamese official also asked G20 countries to step uppolicy coordination with regional and international institution and forums,including Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to boost rapid and sustainable global economicgrowth.
Mentioning food and water resources security, he suggestedG20 promote regional and global partnership for the sustainable use andeffective management of water resources in order to deal with theclosely-knitted challenges related to food, water and energy security.
At the meeting, participating countries and internationalorganisations agreed to intensify cooperation in health, employment, genderequality, finance and banking, and money laundry and corruption fight.
They concurred to hold more discussions on issues related tothe 2030 Agenda, global supply chains, migration, climate change, energy, tradeand globalization, with the aim of reaching agreement for the content ofdocuments of the G20 Summit, which will be held in Hamburg, Germany in July.
G20 gathers the world’s largest economies, which account for80 percent of GDP and 75 percent of trade of the globe.
Besides Vietnam, guest countries at this year’s event werethe Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Guinea and Senegal.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the Vietnamese delegationhad meetings with representatives from the OECD, and several countries todiscuss issues related to bilateral cooperation.-VNA
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