G20 Summit: Foreign guests continue to attend the G-20 summit; These leaders will reach India today
India is presiding over the G-20 countries this year. In such a situation, the arrival of foreign guests to attend the G20 summit to be held on September 9 and 10 has started from Thursday.
India is presiding over the G-20 countries this year. In such a situation, the arrival of foreign guests to attend the G20 summit to be held on September 9 and 10 has started from Thursday. In this sequence, Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth has reached Delhi on Thursday. Along with this, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Mathias Cormon and United Mexican State's Economy Minister Raquel Buenostro Sanchez have also reached Delhi. Significantly, the heads of most of the countries will come to India on 8th September i.e. today.
Argentine President reached India
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has reached India on Friday morning for the G-20 Summit. On the other hand, the Corona report of Spanish President Pedro Sanchez has come positive, due to which he will not be able to come to India to participate in the G-20 summit.
Raquel Buenostro Sanchez, Minister of Economy of the United Mexican States, arrives in Delhi
Raquel Buenostro Sanchez, Minister of Economy of the United Mexican States, has reached Delhi. He will participate in the G20 Summit to be held here on 9 and 10 September. Explain that mutual understanding and bilateral trade between India and Mexico has increased in the past. Despite being geographically distant, the two countries have many similarities with respect to geography, history, culture and civilization.
OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann arrives in New Delhi
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General, Mathias Cormann arrived in India on Thursday to attend the G20 Summit to be held in New Delhi on September 9 and 10. Let us tell you that OECD is an international organization which works to make policies for a better life. The organization's goal is to shape policies that promote prosperity, equality, opportunity, and well-being for all.
OECD works towards setting evidence-based international standards and finding solutions to many social, economic and environmental challenges.
Prahlad Singh Patel welcomes European Council President Charles Michel
European Council President Charles Michel arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to attend the G20 summit to be held on September 9 and 10. Charles Michel was welcomed by Jal Shakti Minister and Food Processing Industries Minister Prahlad Singh Patel at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here.
Earlier in the day, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also arrived in Delhi to attend the G20 summit. He was welcomed by Anupriya Singh Patel, Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
WTO Director General reached New Delhi
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala arrived at New Delhi airport on Thursday night. He will participate in the G20 summit here. The G20 leaders' summit will be held here in the national capital on September 9-10.
It is noteworthy that India has been a member of WTO since 1995, and a member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) since 1948.
Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth reached Delhi, praised Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam theme
Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar reached New Delhi on Thursday to participate in the Jugnauth summit. He was welcomed at the airport by Union Minister of State for Ports and Shipping Shripad Naik. Traditional folk dance was also organized to welcome him outside the airport. Jugnauth, in an interview to a news agency, praised India's G-20 chairmanship and said that there could not have been a better theme for the summit than One Earth, One Family and One Future, which is based on the belief on Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. Is. He also thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inviting Mauritius and said that his country is going to make an important contribution to the summit.
South African President Ramaphosa confirms visit to India
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed his visit to India for the G20 summit. South Africa will also hold bilateral meetings with Heads of State and Government to strengthen diplomatic, economic and cultural ties.
Most of the heads of state will reach Delhi today
Extensive preparations have been made for the G-20 Summit to be held in the capital Delhi. While on the one hand special arrangements have been made for the security of the foreign guests, on the other hand world class arrangements have been made for their stay and food. Several Union ministers have been given the responsibility of the arrangements. Even though the program of world leaders coming to India to attend the G-20 summit has started from Thursday, the heads of most of the countries will reach India today i.e. on September 8. These include US President Joe Biden, UK PM Rishi Sunak, Japan's PM Kishida Fumio, Australia's PM Anthony Albanese. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, China's PM Li Qiang, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva etc. Along with these leaders, heads of states of many other countries including Canada, UAE, Turkey will also reach Delhi today.
Delhi decorated in a royal style
As the national capital is regally decked up to welcome foreign delegates for the G-20 summit, the Center has assigned responsibilities to various Union ministers of state to receive the dignitaries. Sources told ANI that a presentation was made by the Foreign Secretary to the Council of Ministers and Ministers of State.
These leaders and ministers will welcome
US President Joe Biden will be welcomed by Minister of State VK Singh on September 8 at 6.55 pm (temporary time), while UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be welcomed by Minister of State Ashwini Choubey at 1.40 pm.
According to sources, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be received by Minister of State Darshana Zardosh at 12.30 pm, while Minister of State Choubey will receive Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at 2.15 pm. Sources said Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni will be received by Minister of State Shobha Karadlaje at 6.20 am.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will be received by Minister of State Gen (Retd) VK Singh at 7.45 pm while UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be received by Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will arrive at 6.15 pm and will be welcomed by Union Minister of State Rajiv Chandrashekhar. The heads of state of Germany and France will reach here on September 9. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will arrive at 8 am and will be received by Minister of State Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma. French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive at 12.35 pm and will be received by Minister of State Anupriya Patel.
Three-hour concert at the President's dinner
A deep glimpse of Indian culture will be seen at the dinner hosted by the President of India on September 9 for the distinguished guests from all over the world attending the G-20 Summit. It will be one of its kind instrumental concert.
Bharat-Vadya-Darshanam will be a combination of various musical styles prevalent in the country which is being organized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi under the Ministry of Culture. 78 instrumentalists from across the country will perform together for three hours during the dinner organized by the President in the honor of G-20 leaders at the India Pavilion.
What makes this concert different is that it includes 34 Hindustani instruments, 18 Carnatic instruments and 40 folk instruments from Indian states. A total of 78 artists will be included in it, including 11 children, 13 women, 7 disabled artists and 21 elderly artists.
Countries participating in the G20 summit include Nigeria, Argentina, Italy, AU (represented by Comoros), Bangladesh, United Kingdom, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Republic of Korea, Egypt, Australia, United States of America, Canada, China, United Arab Emirates Emirates, Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey Spain, Germany, France, Mauritius, European Union and Singapore and South Africa.
Jinping doing his own harm by not coming to India: Pankaj Saran
Former National Deputy Security Advisor Pankaj Saran said that Chinese President Xi Jinping is harming himself by not coming to India. He said that Jinping should have come to India. At the same time, on the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Saran said that the main reason for this is the tension in the G-7. Nothing to do with relationship with India. It is noteworthy that Russia was suspended from the membership of G-7 in 2014 due to the occupation of Crimea.