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Friday 30 November 2018

World leaders arriving to pivotal G-20 summit in Argentina

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO accused by Human Rights
ANGELA CHARLTON Watch of war crimes in Ye-
Associated Press men and responsibility for
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina the gruesome slaying of
(AP) — World leaders be- newspaper columnist Ja-
gan arriving in Buenos Aires mal Khashoggi inside the
on Thursday for the sum- Saudi consulate in Istanbul
mit of the globe's largest last month. On Wednes-
economies, with attention day, Argentine legal au-
expected to focus on is- thorities took initial action
sues including a trade war to consider a request from
between the United States Human Rights Watch to
and China, a new North prosecute him for alleged
American trade deal and crimes against humanity, a
the conflict in Ukraine. move apparently aimed at
Heads of state from Italy, embarrassing him as he at-
Canada, South Korea, Sin- tends the summit.
gapore and Turkey were In Moscow, the Kremlin said
among the first in the that Russian President Vlad-
country, joining the French imir Putin and U.S. President
president and Saudi crown Donald Trump would dis-
prince who arrived the pre- cuss an array of issues, in-
vious day. South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, left, is wife Kim Jung-sook, center, and are welcomed by cluding nuclear arms con-
The meeting could be a Argentina Social Development Minister Carolina Stanley on their arrival to the Ministro Pistarini trol at their meeting Satur-
defining moment for the international airport to participate in the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. day on the sidelines of the
Group of 20, for better or 29, 2018. summit.
for worse, said Thomas Ber- Associated Press Government spokesman
nes of the Centre for Inter- is at risk of falling into disar- sion against Ukraine and or whether will we witness Dmitry Peskov told report-
national Governance Inno- ray with the summit being the presence of the Saudi the crumbling of the G-20 ers that the two leaders will
vation, a Canada-based overshadowed by items crown prince," Bernes said. as a forum for international start with one-on-one talks
think tank focusing on glob- not on agenda, such as the "The true test will be wheth- economic cooperation." and then continue broader
al governance. United States and China er the other members of The crown prince, Moham- negotiations involving offi-
"The G-20 Leader's Summit trade war, Russia's aggres- the G-20 will act resolutely med bin Salman, has been cials from both sides. q
Brazil withdraws offer to host UN climate change conference

By DIANE JEANTET "the current fiscal and bud- vered on those promises. "Environmental politics transition team."
Associated Press get constraints, which are However, climate scientists can't muddle with Brazil's "Brazil's participation is vital
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — expected to remain in the have said Bolsonaro's stat- development," Bolsonaro to meeting global targets,
Brazil has withdrawn its near future," the foreign ed intention to open the said. "Today, the economy as our country is currently
offer to host a large U.N. ministry said in a statement Amazon for greater devel- is almost back on track the 7th largest emitter of
conference on climate sent to The Associated opment could make it im- thanks to agribusiness, and greenhouse gases and the
change next year, the for- Press. possible for Latin America's they are suffocated by en- Amazon has a key role in
eign ministry said Wednes- Environmental groups in- largest nation to meet its vironmental questions." regulating global climate,"
day, leading environmen- terpreted the decision as a reduced emissions targets The World Wildlife Fund in the group said in a state-
tal groups to question the nod to President-elect Jair in the coming years. Brazil noted that the deci- ment.
government's commit- Bolsonaro, who promised Bolsonaro told reporters sion not to host next year's The Brazilian candidacy to
ment to reducing carbon during his campaign to pull late Wednesday that he conference diverged from host next year's meeting
emissions. Brazil out of the Paris ac- had recommended to the the position shared by Bra- was to be reviewed dur-
Brazil pulled its offer to host cord on climate change. incoming foreign minis- zilian officials before the ing this year's conference,
the 2019 climate change Since being elected, Bol- ter that Brazil not host the elections, "demonstrating which begins this weekend
conference because of sonaro has publicly wa- event. the strong influence of the in Katowice, Poland.q