On the sidelines of the two-day summit, Erdoğan had bilateral talks with a number of world leaders, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Germany, Brazil and India as well as EU Council President Charles Michel. Erdoğan had a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi last week and sought to convince him for the resurrection of the initiative in line with a new package of proposals outlined by U. African Union for becoming a permanent member of the G20, stressing this will intensify cooperation with the continent