Clinton to attend G20 meeting

The chief US diplomat will attend a first G20 meeting for foreign ministers from February 18-20 in the Mexican resort of Los Cabos, the US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.Clinton and her counterparts will tackle global economic matters including principles for the international economic system, green growth and sustainable development, food security, and human development, Nuland said.Clinton will also hold one-on-one meetings with G20 ministers, she said.Nuland said she understood around two-thirds of the G20 countries will send a foreign minister.The Group of 20 has until now brought together the Group of Seven industrialized countries (Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States), the European Union and a dozen emerging-market economies.Those economies are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey.