NEW DELHI, Sept 9 — The 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit will begin Saturday in New Delhi under the theme of “One Earth, One Family, One Future.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will welcome world leaders as they arrive at the venue for the first day of the summit, reported Anadolu Agency.
G20 leaders, in the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, will exchange views in three sessions, hoping to make progress on trade, climate and other global problems.
On the first day, leaders will attend the “One Earth” and “One Family” sessions.
They will lay wreaths Sunday at international Indian icon Mahatma Gandhi’s tomb in New Delhi before attending a tree planting ceremony.
After the third session, “One Future,” they are expected to adopt the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, which is a commitment to priorities discussed and agreed upon during the respective ministerial and working group meetings.
The G20 is also close to an agreement on admitting the African Union, a bloc of 55 countries, as a member of the group.
At its core, the G20 is an intergovernmental forum primarily concerned with economic issues made up of the world’s 20 largest economies — 19 countries and the European Union. It plays an important role in shaping and strengthening global architecture and governance on all major international economic issues.
The member states are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Besides the members, term president India also invited the leaders of Bangladesh, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritius, Oman, Singapore, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates.
In addition to international organisations such as the United Nations, International Monetary Fund and World Bank, India also invited members of the International Solar Alliance, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure and the Asian Development Bank as guests.
The G20 presidency will be assumed by Brazil in 2024 and South Africa in 2025.
