DUBAI: The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, has praised Saudi Arabia ahead of the G20 summit which will be hosted in the Kingdom over the next two days.

In a tweet posted on Friday, Gargash said Saudi Arabia’s hosting of the summit “confirms the central role of Riyadh in the region.”

And he added that it had “always been linked to stability, prosperity and concern for the Gulf, Arab and Islamic interests.”

قمة دول مجموعة العشرين برئاسة المملكة العربية السعودية الشقيقة تؤكد الدور المركزي للرياض في المنطقة، موقع طالما إرتبط بالإستقرار والإزدهار والحرص على المصالح الخليجية والعربية والإسلامية، ومن الإمارات كل التمنيات المخلصة لنجاح قمة الرياض لأجل العالم والإنسانية.

— د. أنور قرقاش (@AnwarGargash) November 20, 2020

The minister’s tweet finished adding “and from the UAE all sincere wishes for the success of the Riyadh summit for the sake of the world and humanity.”

World leaders will meet on Saturday and Sunday for the summit which is being hosted in Riyadh – although the build up has been held on a virtual format.

Speeches are expected from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin – US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will be at the summit – but it is not yet known if President Donald Trump will speak.