World leaders assembled in New Delhi as India plays host at the G20 Summit. India took over the G20 presidency on December 1 last year and organized approximately 200 meetings related to the G20 in 60 cities across the nation.
World leaders, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, are all in India to participate in the summit.
The African Union was made a permanent member of the G20, comprising the world’s richest and most powerful countries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the bloc’s summit in New Delhi on Saturday.
The African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, now has the same status as the European Union – the only regional bloc with a full membership. Its previous designation was “invited international organisation”.
The 18th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit in New Delhi marks the culmination of a year’s worth of G20 processes and meetings involving ministers, senior officials, and civil societies.
At the conclusion of the New Delhi Summit, a G20 Leaders’ Declaration will be adopted, affirming leaders’ commitment to the priorities discussed and agreed upon during ministerial and working group meetings. Brazil is sto assume the next G20 presidency in 2024, followed by South Africa in 2025.
Here’s what has happened so far
- Modi and Sunak’s bilateral meet begins
- France’s Macron arrives in India for G20 summit
- G-20 Sherpas reach deal on wording for Russia war in Ukraine: The phrasing is broadly similar to that agreed at last year’s summit in Bali, Indonesia, according to people familiar with the discussions.
- 10 Delhi-bound flights from Patna cancelled due to G20 Summit
- Plaque with country’s name in front of PM Modi during G20 speech reads ‘Bharat’
- African Union formally admitted to G20
- “In this time, the mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’ can be the torch bearer for us. Be it the divide between North and South, the distance between East and West, management of food and fuel, terrorism, cyber security, health, energy or water security, we will have to find a solid solid solution to this for future generations,” PM Modi says.
- PM Modi at the G 20 Summit says “Before we start the proceedings of G20, I want to express my condolences over the loss of lives due to an earthquake in Morocco. We pray that all injured recover at the earliest. India is ready to offer all possible assistance to Morocco in this difficult time.”
- G20 Day 1 kicks off, Modi addresses world leaders
- US President Joe Biden arrives.
- Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammed Bin Salman arrives at Bharat Mandapam
- Modi welcomes US President, Joe Biden; Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov; Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Li Qiang; and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.
- Signing of major Middle East rail project agreement at G20 anticipated, according to the United States.
- Konark Wheel replica serves as backdrop of PM Modi’s welcome handshake with G20 leaders
- Prime Minister Modi conveys appreciation for President Biden’s commitment to strengthening the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.
- Partnership rooted in shared democratic values, strategic alignments, and robust people-to-people connections, as per the Ministry of External Affairs press release.
- Leaders commend progress in implementing the wide-ranging outcomes from PM Modi’s historic State visit to the U.S. in June 2023, including advancements under the India-U.S. Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET).
- Bilateral cooperation in defense, trade, investment, education, health, research, innovation, culture, and people-to-people relations continues to gain momentum.
- The 50-minute meeting tackled topics such as India’s G20 presidency, nuclear energy cooperation, crucial technologies such as 6G and artificial intelligence, and the reform of multilateral development banks.
- President Biden congratulated Prime Minister Modi and India on the historic Chandrayaan-3 moon landing, highlighting the two countries’ strengthening space collaboration.
- India and the United States recently settled their final trade dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO), which concerned chicken products.
- This decision signals the end of all seven pending WTO trade disputes between the two countries.
- According to the joint statement, the leaders congratulate the settlement of the seventh and final remaining WTO dispute, which builds on the earlier closure of six bilateral trade issues in June 2023.
