G20 Leaders Pledge Fight against Terrorism
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – World leaders at Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Turkey said they would work more closely together to "suppress terrorist acts” in the wake of the Paris attacks.
As the G20 leaders gathered in Turkey for a two-day meeting, November 15-16, on how to boost global growth, the economic discussions were overshadowed by deadly attacks claimed by ISIL Takfiri group in Paris on Friday that left more than 130 people dead.
The leaders also agreed to step up border controls and aviation security and cut off channels of financing saying "spread of terrorist organizations and significant rise globally in acts of terrorism directly undermine the maintenance of international peace and security", according to a draft G20 communique released by Reuters.
In a separate statement, they pledged to use all of their policy tools to tackle uneven economic growth that falls short of expectations.
In a nod to uncertainty in financial markets and worries about lagging output in much of the world, the leaders said they would stick to a target to boost the G20's collective economic output by an additional 2 percent by 2018.
"Global economic growth is uneven and falls short of our expectations, despite the positive outlook in some major economies,” G20 members added in the draft document, the final version of which is due to be released on Monday.
"A shortfall in global demand and structural problems continue to weigh on actual and potential growth."
The G20 meeting began earlier on Sunday in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya in Turkey and will come to an end on November 16.
