G20 Summit: Prime Minister Modi To Have 20 Engagements, 10 Bilateral Meetings

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has about 20 engagements and bilateral meetings with around ten world leaders during his 45-hours visit to Bali for the G20 Summit.

Modi will attend the 17th G20 summit in Bali from 14-16 November as he will formally take over India’s G20 chair for 2023 starting 1 December.

He would discuss contemporary topics, including the status of the world economy, environment, health, energy, agriculture, and digital transformation.

Sources said that a community event is also being organised to connect with the diaspora in Indonesia.

“The Bali Summit comprises three working sessions at the leaders’ level where the PM will be participating. These include sessions on food and energy security, digital transformation, and health,” said foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra.

The G20 summit is the first global-level summit since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.

“G20 deliberations have acquired a greater salience in the current global economic and political context. Coming on top of the existing environmental challenges, lack of progress in the SDGs and the pandemic, the world is currently struggling with many important challenges,” said Kwatra.

“These include uneven post-pandemic economic recovery, debt vulnerabilities, especially in countries of the global south, the ongoing conflict in Europe, and its knock-on effect, such as food security challenges, energy crisis and inflation in all countries of the world,” added Kwatra.

Last week, media reports stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin would skip the summit. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation to the summit.