New Delhi, September 9 (MeelBijendra) – The G20 summit is being held in the Indian capital New Delhi on 9 and 10 September 2023 and India is hosting its 18th meeting. It is the first G20 summit held in South Asia and is being held at the Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention Center (IECC), Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
G-20, as the name suggests, is a group of 20 countries in which leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies meet to discuss issues like sustainable development, food security, energy, health, agriculture, environment, debt problems of vulnerable countries, anti-corruption and coordinate policy on climate action.
The following prominent leaders are participating in the 18th G-20 Summit in New Delhi, the capital of India:
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
- US President Joe Biden
- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres
- UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed
- Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said
- Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
- Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
- Nigerian President Bola Tinubu
- Chinese Premier Li Qiang (representative)
- World Bank President Ajay Banga
- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
- Argentine President Alberto Fernandez
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
- World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
- European Council President Charles Michel
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
- Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director General of the International Labor Organization (ILO)
- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
- Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte
- Klaas Knot, Chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB)
- Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
- Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The G20 group includes America, India, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, China, Japan, Indonesia, the European Union, Russia, France, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Italy, Australia, Germany, Canada, Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom.