BRICS call on G20 to work harder on economic policy cooperation

Majola said the Brics leaders also expressed support for France in tracking down those responsible for the attacks.

Group of 20 leaders gather on Monday for a second day of talks in Turkey, yet the world’s eyes remain on Paris.

Obama was quoted as saying: “The Muslim community has to think about how we make sure that children are not being infected with this twisted notion that somehow they can kill innocent people and that that is justified by religion”. The country is also coping with the consequences of conflict in neighbouring Syria, with millions of refugees pouring into the country. Among the attendees at the various engagement groups were the world’s top 20 leaders and leaders of institutions such as the global Monetary Fund, The World Bank, and World Trade Organization as well as Turkish Heritage Organization’s (THO) President, Halil Danismaz.

Mr Erdogan said the summit agenda was now “very different” given the massacre in Paris, with the leaders to condemn the attacks in their communique or a separate statement.

The leaders stated that a comprehensive agenda has been adopted this year “around the three pillars of decisive implementation of our past commitments to deliver on our promises, boosting investments as a powerful driver of growth and promoting inclusiveness in our actions so that the benefits of growth are shared by all”.

The summit was expected to focus on the war in Syria and the plight of refugees until the Paris attacks. “The faster we can degrade and destroy (IS) the safer we will be”, he said.

“The reality for refugees for example in Lebanon and Jordan where Oxfam works is increasingly dire, they have less and less assistance, and in many case they don’t have the right to reside legally in those countries, can not access employment, and this is why we see refugees making increasingly desperate choices”, explained Daniel Gorevan, Oxfam’s policy advisor on the Syria crisis. “Efforts to accelerate global economic growth will help trade”, the prime minister said in his intervention during the working luncheon session at the G20 Summit on the topic “trade and energy”.

The Kremlin said the two sides shared the same goal of fighting ISIS but differed on tactics.

“The horrific attacks in Paris on Friday night, so soon after the Russian airline disaster and following on from the Ankara bombings and the attacks in Tunisia and Lebanon, they underline the threat we all face”, British Prime Minister David Cameron told a news conference.

The Turkish president warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would never have a role in his country’s future.

However, the G20 leaders said they remain committed to lifting collective G20 gross domestic product (GDP) by an additional two per cent by 2018, a target set in the last G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for “intensive cooperation” between intelligence agencies as well as the military in the fight against terror.