NEW DELHI: Prompted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi , the G-20 could have its own virtual summit as early as next week.Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is planning to convene a video-conference of G-20 heads of state next week to discuss and evolve common strategies to combat coronavirus currently sweeping through the world. On Wednesday, media reports from Saudi Arabia quoted official sources to say, “The extraordinary virtual leaders’ summit next week will put forward a coordinated set of policies to protect people and safeguard the global economy”.On Tuesday, Modi spoke to MBS where they “agreed that a similar exercise at the level of G-20 leaders, under the aegis of Saudi Arabia as the Chair of G20, would be useful at a global scale, both for discussing specific measures to address the challenges posed by the global outbreak of Covid-19 and also to instil confidence in the global populace” according to an MEA readout.Last week it was Australian PM Scott Morrison who first said he had agreed to Modi’s proposal for a G-20 summit on coronavirus.