PRESS KIT G20 Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers 20-21 May 2018 San Martín Palace, Buenos Aires WELCOME Welcome to the G20 Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers. In this kit you will find a list of meeting participants, the agenda, information highlights, the contact list and the G20 events calendar. The Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers is the third ministerial meeting of G20 Argentina 2018, following the first two meetings of finance ministers and central bank governors. The meeting will take place at San Martín Palace in Buenos Aires. Participants will include the foreign ministers from G20 countries and invited guests as well as representatives of international organizations to address some of the most relevant issues on the international agenda.
MEETING PARTICIPANTS G20 MEMBERS ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BRAZIL CANADA Jorge FAURIE & Worship Julie BISHOP Minister for Foreign Affairs Marcos Bezerra Abbott GALVÃO Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs Jonathan FRIED G20 Sherpa CHINA FRANCE GERMANY INDIA WANG Yi Laurent BILI General Director for Globalization, Culture, Teaching, & International Development Heiko MAAS Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Vijay Kumar SINGH Minister of State for External Affairs INDONESIA ITALY JAPAN MEXICO Retno MARSUDI Angelino ALFANO & International Cooperation Taro KONO Luis VIDEGARAY CASO Secretary of Foreign Affairs
RUSSIA SAUDI ARABIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA Alexander PANKIN Deputy Adel AL-JUBEIR Lindiwe SISULU Minister of International Relations & Cooperation CHO Hyun Vice TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES EUROPEAN UNION Murat Yavuz ATEŞ Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Boris JOHNSON Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs John J. SULLIVAN Deputy Secretary of State Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA Foreign Minister of Bulgaria President of the EU Council of Ministers INVITED COUNTRIES CHILE JAMAICA (CARICOM) NETHERLANDS RWANDA (AU) Roberto AMPUERO Kamina JOHNSON SMITH & Foreign Trade Stef BLOK Louise MUSHIKIWABO & Cooperation SENEGAL (NEPAD) SINGAPORE (ASEAN) SPAIN Sidiki KABA Vivian BALAKRISHNAN Minister for Foreign Affairs Alfonso DASTIS & Cooperation
AGENDA Sunday 20 May (closed to the press) 7.15 pm 10.00 pm Cocktail, working dinner, cultural activity for foreign ministers Monday 21 May 8.00 am Registration desk opens in the annex building of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Esmeralda 1218) 9.30 am Official activity begins at San Martín Palace 11.00 am Family photo of foreign ministers 11.00 am Press waiting area opens in the annex building of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs 4.00 pm Official press conference in the annex building of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs
HIGHLIGHTS The main actors on the international scene The G20 Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers is the first since the meeting in Bonn in February 2017, and the third in the history of the group (after Bonn and Los Cabos, in 2012). In addition to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie, the confirmed list attendees includes foreign ministers Wang Yi of China, Heiko Maas of Germany, Taro Kono of Japan, Sergey Lavrov of Russia and UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Dinner with an open agenda The first segment of the G20 Meeting of Foreign Ministers will be a working dinner at San Martín Palace, the event venue. There will not be a pre-defined agenda and the foreign ministers will have the opportunity to bring the issues of their greatest concern to the discussion table. The path of multilateralism In the first part of the agenda on Monday 21 May, the ministers will discuss cooperation between countries and the role of international organizations. Priorities of the Argentine G20 presidency During the second plenary session, ministers will focus on the necessary actions to achieve fair and sustainable development. In this context, they will work on the three priorities chosen by the Argentine G20 presidency for 2018: the future of work, infrastructure for development and a sustainable food future. Foreign ministers agenda On the sidelines of the G20 meeting, foreign ministers will hold bilateral meetings starting on Sunday at midday. Troika press conference At the conclusion of the meeting there will be a press conference held by the G20 troika, comprised by the previous, current, and upcoming presidencies. Ministers Faurie of Argentina, Maas of Germany, and Kono of Japan will present the main achievements of the meeting. There will be no official communiqué. CONTACT
The communications team is at your disposal for any press-related inquiry. Contact: g20medios@presidencia.gob.ar (+54 9) 11-4344-3939 (ext. 2475) Press releases and other institutional materials will be available for download on the G20 official website: www.g20.org/en Official photos taken at the Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers are also available here: https://www.flickr.com/g20argentina Images and video will be sent via email to all journalists registered in the database of G20 Argentina. Social media Stay up to date on G20 Argentina through our social media networks. #G20Argentina #G2018 facebook.com/g20org twitter.com/g20org flickr.com/photos/g20argentina youtube.com/g20org
EVENTS CALENDAR Open to the press 2 4 2 nd Sherpa Meeting Ushuaia, Argentina 7-8 1 st Meeting of the Trade and Investment Working Group Buenos Aires, Argentina 17-18 2 nd Meeting of the Health Working Group Geneva, Switzerland 21 Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers Buenos Aires, Argentina 28-30 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists of G20 States (MACS-G20) S. S. de Jujuy, Argentina 30-31 Data Gaps Annual Global Conference Basel, Switzerland 4 6 3 rd Meeting of the Infrastructure Working Group Sydney, Australia 4 5 Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 7 2 nd Meeting of the Sustainable Finance Study Group Sydney, Australia 11-12 2 nd Meeting of the Education Working Group Geneva, Switzerland 11-12 2 nd Meeting of the Employment Working Group Geneva, Switzerland 13 Joint Meeting of the Education and Employment Working Groups Geneva, Switzerland 13-14 2 nd Meeting of the Energy Transitions Working Group Bariloche, Argentina 14 International Financial Architecture Conference TBD 15 2 nd Meeting of the International Financial Architecture Working Group TBD 15 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting Bariloche, Argentina 19-20 3 rd Meeting of the Framework Working Group Kyoto, Japan 20 Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity Ministerial Meeting Paris, France 27-28 2 nd Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Working Group Paris, France 2-4 2 nd Meeting of the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11-12 2 nd Meeting of the Development Working Group S.M. de Tucumán, Argentina 19-20 4 th Meeting of Finance and Central Bank Deputies Buenos Aires, Argentina 21-22 3 rd Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Buenos Aires, Argentina 24-25 S20 Summit Rosario, Argentina 26-27 2 nd Meeting of Agriculture Deputies Buenos Aires, Argentina 27-28 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting Buenos Aires, Argentina 6-7 C20 Summit Buenos Aires, Argentina 13-19 Y20 Summit Córdoba, Argentina 23-24 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting Salta, Argentina 28-29 2 nd Meeting of the Climate Sustainability Working Group Puerto Iguazú, Argentina 31-1 2 nd Meeting of the Task Force on Digital Economy Buenos Aires, Argentina
3-4 3 rd Meeting of the Education Working Group Mendoza, Argentina 4-5 L20 Summit TBC 3-5 3 rd Meeting of the Employment Working Group Mendoza, Argentina 4 Joint Meeting of the Education and Employment Working Groups Mendoza, Argentina 5 Education Ministerial Meeting Mendoza, Argentina 6 Joint Education and Employment Ministerial Meeting Mendoza, Argentina 6-7 Employment Ministerial Meeting Mendoza, Argentina 8-9 3 rd Sherpa Meeting Mendoza, Argentina 11 3 rd Meeting of the International Financial Architecture Working Group Paris, France 12-13 2 nd Meeting of the Trade and Investment Working Group Mar del Plata, Argentina 14-15 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting (TBC) Mar del Plata, Argentina 16-18 T20 Summit Buenos Aires, Argentina 19-20 Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity Paris, France 27-28 3 rd Meeting of the Development Working Group Córdoba, Argentina 1-3 W20 Summit Buenos Aires, Argentina 3 3 rd Meeting of the Health Working Group Mar del Plata, Argentina 4 Health Ministerial Meeting Mar del Plata, Argentina 4-5 B20 Summit Buenos Aires, Argentina 8-9 3 rd Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Working Group Paris, France 11 Working dinner of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Bali, Indonesia 26-27 5 th Meeting of Finance Deputies Buenos Aires, Argentina 28-30 (TBC) 4 th Sherpa Meeting Buenos Aires, Argentina 28 Joint Meeting of Finance Deputies and Sherpas Buenos Aires, Argentina 29 Working Dinner of Finance Ministers Buenos Aires, Argentina 11/30-12/1 Leaders Summit Buenos Aires, Argentina The Finance Track will announce the rest of its working group meetings in due course / This calendar is subject to change