G20 Summit Day 2 highlights: PM Modi hands over bloc presidency gavel to Brazil President
G20 Summit Day 2 highlights: The programmes of Day 2, Sunday, September 10, of the G20 summit in New Delhi started with Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving G20 leaders at Rajghat where they paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. The day will proceed with the One Word discussion at the Bharat Mandapam, and PM Modis bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and talks with Canada.
G20 Summit Day 2 highlights: The programmes of Day 2, Sunday, September 10, of the G20 summit in New Delhi started with Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving G20 leaders at Rajghat where they paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. The day will proceed with the 'One Word' discussion at the Bharat Mandapam, and PM Modi's bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and talks with Canada. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and IMF head Kristalina Georgieva were amongst the first to reach the venue.
PM Modi welcomed the dignitaries with an 'angrakha'. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Rishi Sunak, offered prayers at Akshardham Temple on Sunday morning.
Most Heads of State, including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, are scheduled to leave Delhi on Sunday (September 10), following their participation in the two-day G20 Leaders' Summit hosted in the national capital.
PM Modi handed over the gavel of G20 presidency to the President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; concludes G20 Summit
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G20 Summit LIVE: Ties between India and Brazil are very strong, says PM Modi amid talks with Brazilian President
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had an excellent talk with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. PM Modi said, "Ties between India and Brazil are very strong" in an X post. They talked about ways to boost trade and cooperation in agriculture, and technology. EaIier, PM Modi handed over the gavel of the G20 presidency to President Lula and conveyed his best wishes for the upcoming G20 Summit.
G20 Summit LIVE: PM Modi meets President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council Charles Michel. They discussed the subjects of improved connectivity, trade, and technology.
G20 Summit LIVE: PM Modi meets President of the Republic of Korea
To review the complete spectrum of bilateral relations, and to further boost commercial and cultural ties between India and the Republic of Korea, PM Modi meets President Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of G20 Summit.
G20 Summit LIVE: PM Modi meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. Modi thanked him for enriching the G20 Summit with his views and discussed how India and Germany can continue to work together in clean energy, and innovation and work towards a better planet.
G20 Summit LIVE: PM Modi met with President of the Union of Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), Azali Assoumani
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with President of the Union of Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), Azali Assoumani. Their meeting focused on advancing India-Comoros ties in sectors like trade, investments and maritime cooperation. Modi also congratulated Azali on the African Union becoming a permanent member of the G20.
G20 Summit LIVE: India-France Joint Statement on bilateral meeting over lunch
PM Narendra Modi had a bilateral meeting over lunch with the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron during the G-20 Leaders’ Summit. The two leaders discussed, assessed and reviewed the progress in bilateral relations since their last meeting in July, 2023 in Paris. They also exchanged views on important international and regional developments.
G20 Summit LIVE: "India our greatest trade partner in South Asia, will tap huge potential of cooperation", says Turkish President Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said India is his country's greatest trade partner in South Asia and expressed confidence of tapping the huge potential of cooperation between the two countries. He also hailed the African Union becoming a member of the G20, saying it would revitalise the grouping.
G20 Summit LIVE: PM Modi met Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. They discussed a full range of India-Canada ties across various sectors.
G20 Summit LIVE: Rishi Sunak leaves for UK following a fruitful G20 summit in India
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves for the UK with his wife Akshata Murty. British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis tweets, "Congratulations to the G20 India and Amitabh Kant. Thank you to Rishi Sunak & Mrs Murty for the visit. A G20 Summit of ambition, inclusion and action."
G20 Summit LIVE: PM Modi holds lunch meeting with French President Macron
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a lunch meeting with French President Emmanual Macron. They discussed a series of topics to ensure the India-France relation to scale new heights of progress.
G20 Summit LIVE: "We support a deep reform of global governance', says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron says, "We support a deep reform of global governance. Security Council but as well the World Bank and the IMF, they have to reflect today's reality in terms of demography and economy as well. And then we want to increase the available tools. That's why we want to replenish the World Bank and France is supporting that so that the emerging countries have a greater role to play..."
G20 Summit LIVE: "Faithful to its principles India did its utmost for the G-20 presidency to serve unity and peace and send across the message of unity", says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron says, "I thank PM Modi. Faithful to its principles India did its utmost for the G-20 presidency to serve unity and peace and send across the message of unity while Russia is still waging its aggression on Ukraine..."
G20 Summit LIVE: "For the next three years, India has been given the responsibility to co-chair the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion organisation..." says, Ajay Seth
Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance says, "For the next three years, India has been given the responsibility to co-chair the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion organisation..."
He also added, "Consensus was built on how to strengthen multilateral developmental banks, their effectiveness, better bigger and more effective banks so that their development impact can be maximised. Second is how we can get help from technology and how crypto technology can be beneficial, what are its policy risks and what should be the regulations around it, consensus could not be reached but there was a strong endorsement from the leaders..."
G20 Summit LIVE: "We were able to agree on the G20 Leaders' declaration which is a truly meaningful achievement," says Japanese PM Fumio Kishida
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida says "Under the leadership of India as this year's chair, we were able to agree on the G20 Leaders' declaration which is a truly meaningful achievement. Japan has been engaged in the negotiations with the intent to pass on the outcome of the G7 to the G20 and we were able to hand over to the G20 points that were confirmed at the Hiroshima Summit. I look forward to working with other leaders to follow up on the outcomes delivered by the G7 and G20..."
G20 Summit LIVE: Japanese PM Fumio Kishida extends his deep respect and appreciation to PM Modi and President of Indonesia Joko
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida says, "Over the course of the past five days, I attended ASEAN-related summits in Jakarta and the G 20 New Delhi Summit. First and foremost, I extend my deep respect and appreciation to President Joko of Indonesia and Prime Minister Modi of India for exercising outstanding leadership as chairs of the Summits and to the members of both governments..."
G20 Summit LIVE: Bharat Mandapam showcases a unique international project - ‘Culture Corridor - G20 Digital Museum’
Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the G20 Summit, showcases a unique international project - ‘Culture Corridor - G20 Digital Museum’. The culture corridor represents and celebrates the shared heritage of G20 members and invitee countries. It incorporates iconic and notable cultural objects and heritage of the G20 members and 9 invitee countries.
G20 Summit LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says, "This Summit has been a milestone from the point of view of giving a clear guiding star for us to follow."
"This Summit has been a milestone from the point of view of giving a clear guiding star for us to follow. Another thing that I would like to mention is the active role of the Indian presidency that has genuinely consolidated the G 20 Members probably for the first time in its history. I mean the G 20 countries from the Global South, our BRICS partners - Brazil, India, China, South Africa have been particularly active. Thanks to these consolidated positions taken by the global south countries to uphold and protect their legitimate interests have caused the West to be unable to Ukrainise the agenda to the detriment of the discussion of the tasks facing developing countries", says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
G20 Summit LIVE: "The world is watching... 80% of the world's GDP was sitting in the room. If they would not agree that would not give a good message, says Ajay Banga
World Bank President Ajay Banga says, "I consider the fact that there was a declaration, a tribute to the fact that the G 20 leadership found a way to give and take and negotiate and find a right way to agree and set a path to the world. The world is watching... 80% of the world's GDP was sitting in the room. If they would not agree that would not give a good message. I actually compliment India, its leadership and the G 20 leaders for being able to make sure that a terrific declaration comes out...There will be always challenges. No 20 countries will agree on everything. People will have to look after their national interests. But I am optimistic by the mood I saw in that room..."
G20 Summit LIVE: "The West will not be able to remain a hegemony as we see new centres of power in world," says Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on G20 declaration
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that the West would not be able to remain a hegemony as there are new centres of power in the world when asked about G20 declaration. He further added, "The West has done nothing on its promise of providing USD 100 billion annually to developing nations to deal with climate change."
G20 Summit LIVE: "I want to express my gratitude to India for preventing attempts to politicise G20", says, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov expresses his gratitude to India for preventing attempts to politicise G20. He also said, "G20 Summit under India's presidency provides direction towards fairness in global governance, global finance."
G20 Summit LIVE: "We can review the topics decided in this Summit, in that virtual session...I hope you all will connect in the virtual session...With this, I declare the conclusion of G 20 Summit", says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, "...As you all know India has the responsibility of G20 presidency till November 2023. In these two days, all of you gave a lot of suggestions and placed proposals. It is our duty that the suggestions we have received be reviewed once again so as to see how their progress can be sped up. I propose that at the end of November, we hold a virtual session of G20. We can review the topics decided in this Summit, in that virtual session...I hope you all will connect in the virtual session...With this, I declare the conclusion of G20 Summit..."
G20 Summit LIVE: "Brazilian presidency of the G20 has three priorities", says Brazilian President Luiz Inácio
After receiving the gavel for next year's G20 presidency from PM Modi, President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says, "Brazilian presidency of the G20 has three priorities - First, social inclusion and fight against hunger. Second, energy transition and sustainable development in its three aspects...Third, the reform of global governance institutions. All these priorities are part of the Brazilian presidency motto which says 'Building a fair world and a sustainable planet'. Two task forces will be created - Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty & the Global Mobilisation against Climate Change."
G20 Summit LIVE: "We are living in a world where wealth is more concentrated in which millions of human beings still go hungry", says Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says, "...We are living in a world where wealth is more concentrated in which millions of human beings still go hungry, where sustainable development is always threatened, in which government institutions still reflect the reality of middle of the last century. We will only be able to face all these problems if we address the issue of inequality - inequality of income, of access to healthcare, education, food, gender and race and also of representation is at the origin of these anomalies."
G20 Summit LIVE: US President Biden departs from Delhi to Vietnam, visuals
After US President Joe Biden and several other G20 leaders paid homage at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial in Rajghat Sunday morning, Biden departed for Vietnam.
Visuals as he boards the plane.
G20 Summit LIVE: "Mr Modi emerged as the leader of this summit and I think it is showing that he is really the leader of the global south", says John Kirton, Director of G20 Research Group
On New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit Declaration, Director of G20 Research Group, John Kirton says, "I think it is a significant step forward in global governance. It shows that the G 20 is now at the centre of global governance and put across a broader spectrum of issues than ever before and above all it can do that without the leaders of both Russia and China... Mr Modi emerged as the leader of this summit and I think it is showing that he is really the leader of the global south, rather than those older countries that long claimed that mantle China and Russia too."
G20 Summit LIVE: PM Modi hands over the gavel of G20 presidency to the President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hands over the gavel of G 20 presidency to the President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Brazil is set to represent the G20 presidency next year.
G20 Summit LIVE: I want to focus on AI & digital infrastructure, says European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen
Statement by the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Session III of the G20, 'One Future': One thing seems clear - the future will be digital. Today I want to focus on AI & digital infrastructure. As it has been described, AI has risks but also offers tremendous opportunities. The crucial question is how to harness a rapidly changing technology. It is telling that even the makers and inventors of AI are calling on political leaders to regulate.
G20 Summit LIVE: Tharoor hails India's G20 Sherpa for Delhi Declaration consensus
Tagging Kant's remarks in an interview on how the consensus was achieved on the paragraphs on Russia-Ukraine, Tharoor said in a post on X, "Well done @amitabhk87!Looks like the IFS lost an ace diplomat when you opted for the IAS!" "'Negotiated with Russia, China, only last night got final draft,' says India's G20 Sherpa on 'Delhi Declaration' consensus. A proud moment for India at G20!" Tharoor, a former under secretary-general, said in his post late Saturday night.
G20 Summit LIVE: Tharoor hails India's G20 Sherpa for Delhi Declaration consensus
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday hailed India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant for the 'Delhi Declaration' consensus, and said it was a "proud moment for India at G20".
G20 Summit LIVE: G20 presidencies of last year, 2024 hand over sapling to PM Modi
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, representing the G20 presidencies of last year and the next year, handed over a sapling each to current chair Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
G20 Summit LIVE: G20 Joint Declaration is a coup for Indian PM Modi in balancing North South Interests, opines US
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called the statement a "significant milestone for India's chairmanship and a vote of confidence that the G20 can come together to address a pressing range of issues.
"The G20 statement includes a set of consequential paragraphs on the war in Ukraine. And from our perspective, it does a very good job of standing up for the principle that states cannot use force to seek territorial acquisition," Sullivan told newspersons.
G20 Summit LIVE: US president Joe Biden leaves for Vietnam
US President Joe Biden left for Vietnam after he and several other G20 leaders paid homage at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat in New Delhi on Sunday morning.
G20 Summit LIVE: 'One Future' begins at Bharat Mandapam; US president Joe Biden leaves for Vietnam
'One Future', the main programme of Day 2 at the G20 Summit has begun at the Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan. Even as the session is going, US president Joe Biden has left for Vietnam for his state visit.
G20 Summit LIVE: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces record climate aid commitment
The British High Commission in India said tat the UK would contribute £1.62 billion ($2 billion) to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which was established by 194 countries following the Copenhagen Accord at COP15.
G20 Summit LIVE: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces record climate aid commitment
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces record climate aid commitment as G20 in India concludes. The UK will provide $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund which is the biggest single funding commitment the UK has made to help the world tackle climate change.
G20 Summit LIVE: Inclusion of African Union in G20 significant stride towards more inclusive global dialogue, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the inclusion of the African Union in the G20 a "significant stride" towards a more inclusive global dialogue. PM Modi stated that India looks forward to collaborative efforts that benefit the entire world.
G20 Summit LIVE: World leaders pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat
A host of world leaders are reaching at Rajghat on Sunday morning to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at the Bapu Samadhi, Rajghat.
G20 Summit LIVE: UK PM Rishi Sunak visits Akshardham Temple
Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, visited the Akshardham Temple and offered prayers in the morning hours on Sunday (September 9).
G20 Summit LIVE: Today's schedule for G20 Summit
This is the schedule for Day 2 of G20 Summit in New Delhi.
- 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock - All heads of state will reach Rajghat.
- 9:10- 9:25 pm - Salutation and prayer at Bapu's Samadhi.
- Arrival at the G20 venue
- tree planting- 10:30-12:30 pm - G20: One Future (discussion)
bilateral talks
- Discussion over lunch with French President Macron
- India and Canada talks- Comoros, Turkey, UAE, South Korea, EU/EC, Brazil & Nigeria
G20 Summit LIVE: World leaders visit Bapu Samadhi to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi
Today is the Day 2 of the G20 Summit in New Delhi. The day started with the world's top leaders visiting Bapu Samadhi at Rajghat in early morning on Sunday (September 10) to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and IMF head Kristalina Georgieva were amongst the first to reach the venue.
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