ROME, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Italy will use its forthcoming presidency of the Group of 20 major global economies to try to secure further debt relief for African states, a senior Italian diplomat said on Friday.
Italy takes over the annual rotating presidency of the G20 on Dec. 1 and will look to build on a deal struck by major international creditors in April that was aimed at relieving the worlds poorest nations of debt payments.
Every further move, due to the diversity of the G20 membership, is not going to be so easy, but we will work in order to achieve a good result, said Pietro Benassi, diplomatic advisor to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
Benassi, who is helping to draw up Italys G20 agenda, told a conference th…
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