World leaders gather in Australia to attend G20 summit
Baku, 14 November, AZERTACWorld leaders are arriving in Australia for this weekend's G20 summit in the Queensland city of Brisbane.
The two-day summit, attended by the US, Chinese and Russian leaders among others, will focus on promoting growth.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said leaders would discuss job creation, identifying tax cheats and strengthening the global economy.
Tensions with Russia over Ukraine will also draw attention, while campaigners want climate change on the agenda.
In Brisbane, local government workers have been given a day off because of the number of travel restrictions in place. Thirteen world leaders are due to arrive in the city on Friday.
Some 6,000 police will be deployed to maintain security. Twenty-seven different groups have been given permits to protest at designated areas, with thousands of people expected over the weekend.
In early developments:
-British Prime Minister David Cameron has outlined new measures to tackle jihadists who fight abroad, in an address to the Australian parliament.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for closer tripartite defense ties with the US and Australia, and urged "tangible steps taken in the area of security and defense cooperation" with Canberra, in a piece for the Australian Financial Review.
Australia has emphasized that the summit will concentrate on the economy.
Eyes will also be on Russian leader Vladimir Putin, amid tensions over Ukraine. Some Australians had called for Mr Putin to be blocked from the summit over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
Thirty-eight Australians were among the 298 people who died when the plane was brought down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, by a missile that the West believes was supplied by Russia. Russia rejects the claim.
Mr Abbott, who discussed the issue with Mr Putin in Beijing earlier this week, described Russia's actions in Ukraine as part of a "regrettable pattern" by a nation that was being "much more assertive".
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