Al Ahram columnist Farouk Goweda says the G20 Summit marks Egypt’s return to its international role. The summit is an opportunity for Egypt to make use of the Chinese and Indian experiences, who in a half century jumped to two of the leading economies in the world, he says. Meanwhile, Leftist Al Shorouk columnist Abdullah El Senawi says Egypt was invited to the G20 Summit because its strategic location serves Chinese interests, not because Egypt’s economy merits it.

El Watan’s Mahmoud Khalil tackles what he says are the two main challenges facing newly-appointed Supply Minister Mohamed Ali Elsheikh in his latest piece. He says the first is the need to monitor the market to track rising prices — and the second is how the public may interpret Elsheikh’s decisions given his military background. Khalil concludes that the first challenge is the most critical, given that prices in Egypt “easily swell, but contract with difficulty.”