New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending G20 Summit on November 14-16th in Bali as India will be assuming the group's presidency from December 1, 2022. Addressing a special media briefing here on Sunday, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said, "PM Modi will be attending the 17th G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia from tomorrow. India will hold the presidency of G20 for one year starting from 1st December."
"During our G20 presidency, India, Indonesia, and Brazil would be the Troika. This is the first time in G20 that this Troika would consist of developing countries and emerging economies in a row," Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said. During his visit to Indonesia, PM Modi will address and interact with the members of the Indian community on 15th November, he added.
Kwatra said that PM Modi and other G20 leaders will discuss important contemporary topics at the Bali Summit, including the status of the world economy, energy, environment, agriculture, health, and digital transformation. He further informed that the Bali Summit comprises 3 working sessions at the leaders' level where PM will be participating. These include sessions on food & energy security, digital transformation & health."
"PM Modi will attend several bilateral meetings with G20 leaders to brief them on India's evolving G20 priorities as also to review key elements of bilateral engagements with these world leaders," the Foreign Secy said.
India will host the G20 summit next year for the first time since 2008. Under India's presidency, two hundred G20 meetings will take place across the country beginning in December of this year.