Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Bali on November 14 to attend the G20 summit on November 15-16. Food and energy security and post-COVID-19 health issues will top the agenda of the summit sessions in the Indonesian city.
Officials said that Modi would meet “several” G20 leaders during the visit but did not confirm which ones. He will also speak to the Indian community in Bali and visit a mangrove forest. Mr Modi will also take the opportunity to invite all other G20 leaders to the upcoming summit to be held in India in September 2020.
“This G20 summit is particularly special because India will hold the presidency of the G-20 summit from December 1, 2022, for one year, and the presidency handover will take place during the summit in Bali,” said Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra at a briefing ahead of the visit. Mr Modi will discuss plans for India’s presidency of the G20, including environment and gender issues and a “greater voice for the global south in issues of international economic cooperation, [and] the need for reformed 21st-century institutions,” he said.
Asked about the possibility of Mr Modi meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping or Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who had to cancel his visit to India on Sunday at the last minute due to “difficulties in planning”, Mr Kwatra said that “bilateral engagements with other leaders are still being scheduled. This is something that is still evolving.
Ahead of a possible meeting between Mr Modi and US President Joseph Biden, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Cambodia on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit ( EAS) on Sunday and discussed the war in Ukraine, Indo-Pacific Strategy, energy issues, G20 and Indo-U.S. bilateral relations, Mr Jaishankar tweeted. “The United States stands behind India’s G20 Presidency,” Blinken said in a tweet, adding that their discussions focused on “ongoing efforts to expand our partnership and mitigate the effects of Russia’s war on Israel.” Ukraine”.
Mr Modi will travel to Bali on Monday evening, skipping the B-20 business forum that concluded that day in which Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver keynote speeches, and several global business leaders, including Twitter chief Elon Musk, will be talking