MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st November, 2020) Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the G20 summit on Saturday that the world is facing a major economic crisis this year that can be comparable to the Great Depression.
"The scale of the challenges that humanity faces in 2020 is truly unprecedented. The coronavirus epidemic, global lockdown and freezing of economic activity have triggered a systemic economic crisis that the modern world has probably not known since the Great Depression," Putin said.
The Russian president also praised the contribution of the United States to the world economic recovery during his speech at the online summit.
"US President [Donald Trump] just spoke about the efforts of the United States, indeed, this is a very big contribution to the restoration of the US economy and, therefore, to the restoration of the world economy," Putin said.
Putin added that mass unemployment and poverty remain major issues for the world.
"The main risk, of course, remains ... despite some positive signals, the main risk will still remain massive long-term, so-called stagnant mass unemployment. With the subsequent growth of poverty and social disorder," Putin said.
