Saudi Arabia highlights the importance of global cooperation during G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting

His Excellency Faisal F. Alibrahim, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Economy

and Planning, has underlined the Kingdom’s steadfast commitment

to renewing global cooperation and achieving the 17 UN Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs).

His Excellency said the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting was an

opportunity to work more closely together and put forward concrete

actions to support developing countries and foster inclusive,

resilient, socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable

recovery efforts and, as the world’s fastest-growggg economy, the

Kingdom is proud to renew and reaffirm its commitment towards

achieving these goals.

“International cooperation is a key priority for the Kingdom, and we

remain more committed than ever to work closely with our

international partners to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs,” he

said.

“To do this, we must restore faith in the multilateral framework. We

are fully aligned with the G20 Ministerial vision statement’s claim

that multilateralism is not an option but a necessity if we want to

create a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable world.”

Saudi Arabia has already taken steps to accelerate its path toward

achieving the UN 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. Rapid and decisive

measures taken by the Kingdom’s agile government have enabled

the country to limit the impact of COVID-19 on the economy which

set the foundation for today’s robust growth. In June, the Ministry of