Pretoria, April 9 -- South Africa hosted the second virtual meeting of the G20 Sherpas, where the officials assessed the preparations of South Africa to host the summit scheduled to be held in Johannesburg in November, TV BRICS reported.

During the meeting, South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation Director-General Zane Dangor spoke about the importance of continuing to work with multilateral institutions, including the United Nations, to address global challenges. He stressed that South Africa is counting on the support of G20 nations and invited nations and international organisations to make the summit a success.

Dangor said, "The objective for today is let's take stock of what has happened and where we nee...