Latin America 'aiming to showcase its important global contribution'

The G20 meeting in Buenos Aires will aim to demonstrate the important contribution Latin America can make to the rest of the world, according to Argentine President Mauricio Macri.

Argentina is the first South American country to host the G20 Leaders' Summit, although not the first from Latin America, with Mexico staging it in 2012.

"Our presidency will seek to embody the expression not only of one country, but that of a whole region. Latin America and the Caribbean have much to contribute to the world order, through their talented people, abundant natural resources and as a region of peace and cooperation," Macri said in an address ahead of the summit.