PM Modi arrives in Bali for G20 Summit and bilateral meetings with world leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Monday for the G20 Summit and bilateral meetings on its sidelines with key leaders attending this annual conference of the worlds major economiesThe twoday summit begins Tuesday morning and will be attended by US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak among heads from 20 countries and the European Union who make up the groupDuring the Bali summit I will have extensive discussions with other G20 leaders on key issues of global concern such as reviving global growth food and energy security environment health and digital transformation Modi said ahead of his departure from DelhiModi said that he will meet with leaders of several other participating countries on the sidelines of the G20 summit and review the progress in Indias bilateral relations with themModi will have separate bilateral meetings with a number of leaders on the sidelines of the summit but it was not immediately clear if a separate meeting between Modi and Xi who arrived in Bali earlier in the day is in the worksAlso read Suspend MLA Jitendra Awhad Maharashtra BJP chief tells NCPIf it takes place it would be the first oneonone interaction between Modi and Xi since the border clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in June 2020 At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO summit in Uzbekistans Samarkand in September the two did cross pathsIn Beijing a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said that maintaining sound relations is in the fundamental interest of both China and India and their peoplesWe hope the Indian side will work with China in the same direction follow through on the important common understandings reached between the Chinese and Indian leaders promote sound and steady development of the relations and safeguard the common interests of the two countries and our fellow developing countries spokeswoman Mao Ning saidAs to the question you raised about a meeting between the Chinese and Indian leaders I have nothing to share she addedIndia will assume the presidency of the group for a year beginning December 1 and Modi said he will extend his personal invitation to G20 members and other invitees for the next summitModi will participate in the summits session on Health on Tuesday and another on Food and Energy Security where there is a likelihood of the leaders discussing the impact of Russias war in UkraineWestern leaders are expected to press Russia to renew a deal that allows export of Ukrainian wheat through the Black Sea Russian President Vladimir Putin is not attending the summit and the country is represented by foreign minister Sergei LavrovOn Tuesday evening Prime Minister will meet members of the Indian community in Indonesia and later watch a cultural performanceThe G20 comprises Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Republic of Korea Mexico Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa Turkey the UK the USA and the European Union EUThe list includes both advanced and emerging economies Together they account for over 80 per cent of the global Gross Domestic Product 75 per cent of international trade and twothirds of the world populationDuring Delhis presidency in the coming year it would be the first time when the troika of G20s current previous and next president would consist of three developing countries India Indonesia and BrazilThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever