G20 Summit: PM Modi to hold more than 15 bilateral meetings with world leaders, say sources
The event will see participation from world leaders as prominent as US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely hold bilateral meetings with leaders of more than 15 countries on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, sources told Zee Business. The G20 Summit, under the presidency of India, is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from September 9 to September 10. The event will see participation from world leaders as prominent as US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
According to the sources, PM Modi will hold bilateral meetings with leaders from the United States, Mauritius, and Bangladesh at Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on Friday. US President Joe Biden is among a long list of world leaders expected to arrive in New Delhi on Friday.
PM Modi will hold bilateral meetings with leaders from the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and Italy, and conduct a working lunch meeting with President Macron of France on Saturday, September 9, the sources said.
On Sunday, September 10, PM Modi will hold a pull-aside meeting with the Canadian President, and hold bilateral meetings with leaders from Comoros, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Korea, the European Union (EU), Brazil, and Nigeria, they added.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is scheduled to hold a press conference on the eve of the G20 Summit, to highlight the purpose of his visit and the messages he will deliver to the gathering of world leaders.
What is G20?
The world's 20 major countries formed an economic grouping after the Asian financial crisis in 1999 with the understanding that such crises could no longer be contained within a nation's borders and required better international economic cooperation. The bloc, comprising the world's richest and most powerful countries, currently accounts for 80 per cent of global GDP and 75 per cent of international trade. Although only Treasury chiefs met in the initial years, heads of all member nations decided to meet once a year for a leaders' summit after the 2008 financial crisis.
The bloc comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
(With inputs from agencies)
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