India has not yet received any confirmation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s in-person participation at the upcoming G20 summit, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday amid reports that he is likely to skip the conclave.
A majority of G20 leaders, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, have already confirmed their participation at the summit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has already conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that it will not be possible for him to travel to India to participate in the summit.
In its capacity as the current president of the G20, India is hosting the annual summit of the influential grouping in New Delhi on September 9 and 10.
There is no confirmation yet of the Chinese president’s in-person presence at the summit,” said one of the persons cited above.
Another person said, on condition of anonymity, that there is uncertainty about whether the Chinese president will attend the summit or whether another leader may travel to India for it. There was no official word on the issue from the Indian side.
