Newsademic British English edition 260

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The leaders o f the G20 group of 
countries attended a two-day sum­
mit on 15th and 16th November. The 
meeting was held in a large hotel 
complex in Antalya. This city is on 
Turkey’s south west coast. Turkey’s 
president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 
hosted the summit.
The G20 is a group o f wealthy 
nations. Its members have the 19 
most successful economies in the 
world. The European Union (EU) 
is the G20’s 20th member. The EU 
is made up o f 28 European nations. 
The UK, Germany, France, and Italy
are G20 countries. These countries 
are also members o f the EU.
Currently the w orld’s population 
is about 7.3 billion. Around two- 
thirds live in G20 countries. The 
two nations with the w orld’s largest 
populations, China (1.3 billion) and 
India (1.2 billion), are members. The 
next three, the USA (319 million), 
Indonesia (252 million) and Brazil 
(201 million), are all G20 countries.
In total, G20 members represent 
about 85% o f the w orld’s economy. 
This group first met in 1999 in Ber­
lin, the capital o f Germany. For a 
few years the G20 organised sum­
mits every six months. Nowadays, 
these meetings are held annually.
ANTAIYA SUMMIT
G20 le a d e rs in Turkey
This was the first time that M al­
colm Turnbull and Justin Trudeau 
have attended a G20 meeting. M r 
Turnbull took over as Australia’s 
prime minister several months ago. 
Mr. Trudeau is the prime minister of 
Canada. He was elected about four 
weeks before the summit. Cristina 
Fernandez de Kirchner, the president 
o f Argentina, was unable to attend. 
An election for a new president in her 
country was being held the following 
week. Argentina’s economy minister 
took her place at the summit.
France’s 
president, F r a n c is
Hollande, did not travel to Turkey. 
Two days before the meeting, there 
were a number o f attacks in Paris, 
France’s capital city. Many people 
were killed. Several small groups 
o f armed men fired their weapons at 
restaurants and inside a concert hall.

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