At the G20 Summit in Pragati Maidan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands with the leaders of Argentina, Egypt, and Nigeria. At the Bharat Mandapam are the presidents of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Argentina’s Alberto Fernández, and Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan, the national capital’s host site for the G20 Summit, in advance of the summit’s start.
Ajit Doval, the national security adviser, and S Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, welcomed him.
India is hosting the G20 Summit, scheduled for today and tomorrow, under its Presidency amid divisions in the grouping over the Russia-Ukraine war.
World leaders including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Japan PM Fumio Kishida, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are among leaders who arrived in the national capital yesterday.
The summit is being attended by more than 30 heads of state and top officials from the European Union and invited guest countries and 14 heads of international organisations.
The Summit would commence with the arrival of the world leaders at the venue (Bharat Mandapam) from 9.30 am onwards.
At around 10.30 the first session of the G20 Summit: ‘One Earth’ will take place. One Earth will be one of the main topics of discussion during the session at the G20 leaders’ summit. This session will focus on accelerating climate action through increased mitigation and strengthening the agenda of global net zero emission as soon as possible.