Italian G20 presidency working for global recovery - Merkel

(ANSA) - BERLIN, JAN 26 - The Italian duty presidency of the G20 is working in the right direction to help foster a global economic recovery from the COVID crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
    "We have a great interest in the economy recovering all over the world," she told the World Economic Forum in Davos.
    The pandemic, Merkel said, had hit "Europe in a rather heavy way, but it has a prospect of growth for this year".
    Merkel said "concerted efforts are needed" to favour a global recovery.
    "On this I see a central role by the G20, and the Italian presidency is working exactly in this direction". (ANSA).