- Thursday, March 06, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral meetings with various G20 leaders during his official visit to Bali, Indonesia, to participate in the 17th G20 Leaders’ Summit, according to the press statement released by the prime minister’s office on Monday (14).
Ahead of his official visit, Modi said, “On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, I will meet with leaders of several other participating countries, and review the progress in India’s bilateral relations with them.”
The G20 Summit kicking off on Tuesday (15) is particularly special since India will hold the summit’s presidency from December 1 for a a year and the handover of the presidency (from host nation Indonesia) will take place during the summit in Bali.
Leaving for Bali, Indonesia, to take part in the G-20 Summit. I will have the opportunity to interact with various world leaders on a wide range of issues. I will also be addressing a community programme. @g20org https://t.co/lcoFLZaTtt
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 14, 2022
Modi also said that he will have extensive discussions with other G20 leaders on key issues of global concern, such as reviving global growth, food & energy security, environment, health, and digital transformation, the statement reads.
He is all set to embark on his two-day official visit on Monday for talks on key issues of global concern under the Summit theme of “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”.
“In a significant moment for our country and citizens, president of Indonesia Joko Widodo will hand over the G20 presidency to India at the closing ceremony of the Bali Summit. India will officially assume the G20 Presidency from 1st December 2022. I will also extend my personal invitation to G20 Members and other invitees to our G20 Summit next year,” the statement added.
PM Modi also said that during his interactions at the G20 Summit, he will highlight India’s achievements, and our unwavering commitment to collectively address global challenges. India’s G20 Presidency will be grounded in the theme “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth One Family One Future”, which underlines the message of equitable growth and a shared future for all.
The Bali Summit comprises three working sessions at the leaders’ level in which Modi will take part. These include sessions on food and energy security, a session on digital transformation, and a session on health.
In a special press briefing on Sunday (13), foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said G20 deliberations have acquired a greater salience in the current global economic and political context.
He said that the world is currently struggling with many important challenges coming on top of the existing environmental challenges, lack of progress in the sustainable development goals and the Covid-19 pandemic.
“These include uneven post-pandemic economic recovery, debt vulnerabilities especially in the countries of the global south, the ongoing conflict in Europe, and its knock-on effects, such as food security challenges, energy crisis and inflation on all countries of the world,” Kwatra said.
The G20 Summit programme also includes a leaders’ visit to what is called in Bahasa Indonesia, Taman Hutan Raya — a mangrove forest in Bali, on November 16.
“As you know, mangroves are an important refuge of coastal biodiversity and act as bio shields against extreme climatic events and as important carbon sinks. India’s own mangrove cover is significant, with one of the highest biodiversity in the world. We also recently agreed to join the Global Mangrove Alliance, which was launched jointly by Indonesia and UAE,” Kwatra said.
[With agency inputs]
