ROME: Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend a Rome summit of the Group of Twenty leading economies in person, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday .
The source said that the absences would not compromise the chances of making good progress at the summit, which will focus mainly on climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. At that meeting, ministers failed to reach a unanimous agreement on setting dates for ending fossil fuel subsidies and phasing out coal power, and the Italian presidency asked leaders to try to bridge the differences at the Rome summit.
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