The highly anticipated G20 Leaders' Summit begins today, September 9, in New Delhi, India. This prestigious event, which brings together leaders from the world's 20 major economies, is being held at the Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention Centre. Top world leaders, heads of key global organisations and delegates from guest countries have begun streaming into Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. They are being accorded a warm welcome by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus were among the first dignitaries to arrive.
Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrived in Delhi on Saturday. He is on a three-day state visit to India, during which he will also participate in the G20 Summit. Mohammed bin Salman was received by Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the G20 Leaders' Summit, on Saturday morning. He will receive heads of state and government organisations, who are scheduled to begin arriving from 9:20 AM. Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval were also present at Bharat Mandapam.
Days after the US called on China to set aside its issues with India and not to “play the role of a spoiler” ahead of the G20 summit in Delhi, Beijing has hit back by accusing Washington and the West as a whole of pushing their own agenda and “wanting to tear the G20 apart”. In an editorial piece in its mouthpiece Global Times, China claimed that the West is fixated on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and not “economic recovery and multilateral diplomacy”, which India, as G20 Chair, wants to focus on. “The US and the West, which often claim they ‘stand with India’, have made great efforts to hype the ‘differences’ between the participating countries of the G20 summit,” it said.
Two months following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's State visit to the US, President Joe Biden arrived in New Delhi on Friday to participate in the G20 Leaders’ Meeting scheduled for September 9-10. On the eve of the mega summit, the two leaders held bilateral talks at PM Modi’s official residence.
