ROME - After a meeting with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican, President Joe Biden is joining other leaders for the G-20 summit this weekend in Rome.Leaders of the Group of 20 countries will gather on Saturday and Sunday for their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold.
They’re confronting a global recovery hindered by an energy crunch that has spurred higher fuel and utility prices. They’re also facing new COVID-19 outbreaks and logjams in supply chains.The presidents and prime ministers represent 80% of the global economy.
The summit will allow the leaders to talk and apply peer pressure on many of these current issues. The top priority for the economic recovery is speeding up the vaccination of the world population,.