News Desk: The G-20 summit has started from Saturday (09 September) in New Delhi, India with the participation of world leaders. The two-day conference is being held at the newly constructed Bharat Mandapam Convention Center at Pragati Maidan in the capital, New Delhi. The leaders of the world’s largest international group ‘Group of Twenty’ are spending busy time in side meetings on the sidelines of the conference.
Modi will hold bilateral meetings with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday morning.
The absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at this year’s conference is particularly noticeable.
Political analysts expect deep disagreements over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how to help emerging nations deal with the climate crisis will block deals at the two-day meeting in New Delhi.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a side meeting with the heads of state of 15 countries including American President Joe Biden, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the G-20 summit.
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He had a meeting with Biden and Hasina on Friday. Biden-Modi meeting was held at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Earlier, a bilateral meeting was held with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister’s official residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg.
Although not a member of the G-20, Bangladesh is the only country in South Asia to be invited to this two-day summit. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went to New Delhi yesterday as a representative of the observer state.
At noon, there will be a lunch meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. On the sidelines of the G-20 summit, he is also scheduled to meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Apart from this, there is also a meeting program with the leaders of United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Nigeria, Brazil.
Meanwhile, around the arrival of world leaders including Biden, the country’s capital, Delhi, has been covered in a security blanket. The outermost tier of the three-tiered security ring will consist of paramilitary forces, the second tier will consist of specially trained commandos and the innermost ring will include secret intelligence officers.
Who welcomed at the airport: Not Prime Minister Narendra Modi or External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Civil Aviation Minister General (Retired) VK Singh welcomed US President Joe Biden at the Delhi airport following full diplomatic protocol on Friday evening. Along with Biden, VK also welcomed Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, who came to attend the G20 summit, at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Yesterday evening, Biden’s plane landed at Delhi airport. From there he went to ITC Maurya Sheraton. About 400 hotel rooms have been rented for Biden and his delegation. They will stay there for two days of the conference.
In 2017, Modi broke protocol and appeared at the Delhi airport to welcome Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In 2018, Modi himself went to receive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport. However, for the leaders of the countries who come to attend the G-20 summit, they are welcomed according to the protocol.
Union Minister of State for Industry and Commerce Anupriya Patel was present at the Delhi airport last Thursday night to welcome European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in India yesterday afternoon. He was received at the airport by Union Minister of State for Food Supply and Consumer Protection Ashwinikumar Choubey. Ashwini welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the afternoon.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was received by State Minister of Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was welcomed by Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Vikram Zardosh. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was welcomed at the airport by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Information Technology.
On his way to India, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters that he hopes that he will be loved by his son-in-law in New Delhi as India’s son-in-law. He has been to India before. However, after becoming the Prime Minister last year and after the Corona epidemic of 2019, this is the first time he has come to India.
Indian origin sage Sunak is married to Akshta Murthy, daughter of Narayan Murthy, one of the country’s richest men. And because he married an Indian woman, he was called ‘son-in-law of India’. Besides, as a pious Hindu, he got special respect in India.
About getting India’s special treatment, Rishi Sunak said, “This visit is special for me. I am going to a country that is very near and dear to me. I have not been to India for the past few years.
He also said, I have seen somewhere that I have been called as the son-in-law of India. I hope it’s done with love. I am glad to go to India. Akshata is also accompanying me on the tour, which is also wonderful.
Capital Delhi has been decked out for the G-20 summit. The luxury hotels where the heads of different countries and their delegations will stay have also been arranged. Indian intelligence is also keeping a close eye on the hotels. About 3,500 rooms have been rented in 11 hotels in Delhi and Gurugram to accommodate state leaders and foreign delegates. However, the heads of state will mainly stay in the hotels of Delhi. In addition to the G20 countries, the state leaders of the guest countries have also been accommodated in luxury hotels. The hotel will serve food to the heads of state in a special way, which will highlight the Indian heritage and glorious culture!
ITC Maurya Sheraton, Taj Palace, Shangri-La hotel authorities will serve food in silver and gold plated metal utensils. These pots will have a glimpse of Indian culture and tradition. The company that manufactures these pots has sent the precious pots to 11 hotels. Rajeev and his son, the owners of the company, said that they have been making these pots for three generations.
Rajeev said that their main goal is to introduce Indian traditions to foreign guests. The gold and silver vessels bear the art of various states including Jaipur, Udaipur, Varanasi, Karnataka, highlighting India’s diverse cultural heritage. Many pots also have designs of the national bird peacock.
After making each pot, they are sent to the laboratory for thorough testing, he said. The dishes are designed according to the specific requirements of each hotel. Separate silver salt and pepper pots for ‘Maharaja Thali’ have also been sent to the hotels.
Rajeev said that during the visit of former American President Barack Obama to India, he also ate food in the containers made by their company. Obama was so fascinated by the pots – he took some with him to America. According to various media reports, luxury hotels have special catering arrangements for foreign guests. Different items will be made keeping in mind who likes which type of food. Those verses will be served in those gold and silver vessels.
Indian President Draupadi Murmu is hosting a dinner on the occasion of the G-20 summit today. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda have been invited. However, Deve Gowda said that he is not able to attend the dinner as his body is not good.
All Chief Ministers of India have also been invited to the dinner. Several opposition chief ministers have expressed their inability to attend the dinner. Among the four Congress Chief Ministers, only Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu could attend the dinner.
Despite being the president of the oldest and main opposition party, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was not invited to the President’s dinner. He is also the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha. Government response on why the president of the main opposition party in democratic India was not invited, no president of any political party was invited.
The United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and India are hoping for a rail deal to connect the Middle East and India at this conference. The deal is expected to be announced on Saturday. This news was given by the US media Axios about the two related sources.
According to the report, the project will connect the Levant region and Gulf Arab countries through a railway network. It will also be connected to India through shipping lanes from ports in the region.
China’s dominance in the Middle East is growing with the Belt and Road initiative. Beijing brokered a deal between regional superpowers Saudi Arabia and Iran last March. The Belt and Road Initiative is a modernized version of the trade route that originally ran from China’s Xi’an Province to the Mediterranean Sea over 2,000 years ago.
