NEW DELHI: The escalating row between the US and China over the role of the World Health Organisation (WHO) resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a second virtual summit of the G20 leaders, a news report said Saturday.
According to the report in the South China Morning Post, a video conference between G20 leaders was to happen on Friday but was called off at the last minute due to bitter disagreement between Washington and Beijing over the wording of the outcome communiqué on the WHO.
Washington holds the WHO accountable for its early activities in handling the novel coronavirus outbreak, which has killed over 190,000 people across the globe, including close to 50,000 in the US.