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Terrorism should not be associated with any religion: G20
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 17 - 11 - 2015

The Group of 20 leading economies (G20) said on Monday the rise in terrorism undermined international peace and security and endangered efforts to strengthen the global economy.
In a statement issued after a meeting in the sea resort of Belek in the Antalya province of Turkey, the leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies stressed, however, that terrorism should not be associated with any religion, nationality or ethnic group.
The statement said the G20 would work together to suppress and prevent terrorist acts and cut off financing for those who commit them.
The 20 leading countries also pledged to exchange operational information and tighten border controls as well as global aviation security.
All states urged to respond to migrant crisis
Leaders urged all nations to respond to a worldwide refugee crisis following the two-day summit in Turkey.
"We call upon all states to contribute to responding to this crisis, and share in the burdens associated with it," they said in the final communique.
Leaders stick to goal to boost growth by extra 2 pct
The leaders remain committed to a goal of lifting their collective output by an additional 2 percent by 2018, they said in the statement, even though growth remains uneven and weaker than expected globally.
In their final communique from a summit in Turkey, the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) also said they would "carefully calibrate" and "clearly communicate" policy decisions, a nod to the sensitivity of financial markets, which have seen dramatic moves this year on expectations of a US interest rate hike.
The communique also emphasized previous exchange rate commitments and pledges to resist protectionism. "We remain committed to achieving our ambition to lift collective G20 GDP by an additional 2 percent by 2018," the leaders said.
"Our top priority is timely and effective implementation of our growth strategies that include measures to support demand and structural reforms."
World leaders promised to tighten border controls, step up intelligence sharing and crack down on terrorist financing at a summit in Turkey on Monday.
The G20 summit in Turkey's coastal province of Antalya has been dominated by Friday's suicide bombings and shootings in Paris, which killed 129 people and underlined the threat posed by the radical terrorist group far beyond its strongholds in Syria and Iraq.
The two-day summit brings together world leaders including US President Barack Obama and Russia's Vladimir Putin just 500 km from Syria, whose 4-1/2-year conflict has transformed Daesh into a global security threat and spawned Europe's largest migration crisis since World War Two. — Agencies


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