To finalise strategies for the 2023 G-20 Summit, all parties met today in the presence of PM Modi and Jaishankar.

  • Dec. 5, 2022, 11:21 a.m.

Presidents of nearly 40 political parties have been invited to an all-party meeting on the G-20 at 5 p.m. on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be present at Rashtrapati Bhawan to solicit suggestions, discuss, and finalise strategies for the summit that India will host in September next year.

The invitation to the meeting has been sent by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi. India officially assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1. New Delhi is expected to host over 200 preparatory meetings across the country, including at Hyderabad, beginning this month.

The next G20 Leaders’ Summit at the level of heads of state or government is scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10 next year in New Delhi.

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress President Mamata Banerjee, who will arrive in Delhi on Monday, will be part of the all-party meeting. Banerjee, however, said she would be participating in the meeting in the capacity of Trinamool Congress chairperson and not as West Bengal's chief minister.

Indonesia had earlier this month handed over the G20 presidency to India for the coming year at the Bali summit, with Prime Minister Modi terming it a matter of pride for every Indian citizen.

The first G20 Sherpa meeting under India’s presidency is also underway in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The four-day gathering from December 4–7 will set the stage for important conversations on some of the most pressing global issues. Amitabh Kant, the G20 Sherpa of India, welcomed G20 guests to Udaipur. He stressed that Rajasthan is known for warm hospitality and historical splendor, and it is a "symbolic" beginning for the G20 to demonstrate the tradition of "Atithi Devo Bhava."

"We are passing through a massive geopolitical crisis." "We have seen the breakdown of global supply chains, countries suffering from rising debt, and the huge crisis of climate action and climate finance," Kant said, addressing a side-event on Sustainable Development Goals at the first G20 Sherpa Meeting in Udaipur.

Giving out more details on the meeting, Kant further said that the session focused on women’s leadership and climate finance. "We’ve circulated 14 issue notes along with our working groups; these have been read by all countries and will be subject to debate and discussion." "There is a lot of crisis in the world, and crisis is an opportunity, and this (the G20 presidency) is the greatest opportunity we have got," he added.

The G20, or Group of 20, is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies.

It comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US, and the European Union (EU).

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

Rajdhani delhi representative

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