Saudi Arabia has revealed it is monitoring over 180 initiatives and challenges facing the world nowadays. This comes in line with its interest in hosting the G20 summit, its groups and activities for 2020. The Kingdom decided to establish the largest media center in international gatherings. It accommodates 10,000 media participants to cover the G20 summit this year. Saudi Arabia’s official representative for the 2020 G20 summit, State Minister Fahd bin Abdullah al-Mubarak, stressed that the world economy is now going through a complex period full of uncertainty, despite the improvement in global economic growth since the financial crisis in 2008. His comments were made during the first introductory press conference held on Sunday at the headquarters of the Saudi Press Agency in Riyadh. Mubarak said Saudi Arabia has discussed with international and regional organizations, think tanks, experts, and representatives of communication groups at the international, regional and local levels the challenges facing the world and the solutions the international community can provide. “Despite the various opportunities that can contribute to the rise of the global economy in 2020, yet there are a number of challenges and risks that halt this growth,” he noted. Mubarak highlighted the financial market fluctuations, environmental challenges and demographic changes, as well as the turmoil facing promising technologies. He said 10 years are left for the Kingdom to achieve in 2030 vision, stressing that its goals along with those of the G20 are largely consistent, amounting to more than 82 percent. “The Kingdom will focus during presiding the G20 on the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century, and we will work to achieve tangible results for the whole world, in cooperation with G20 member states,” he said. “We will also communicate with all relevant parties, such as non-member states, international organizations, and civil society representatives.” Minister of Media Turki al-Shabanah, for his part, said the Kingdom has prepared an integrated program to ensure the success of the global event and address current and emerging issues, along with future challenges.