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G20 India Updates: Chinese Premier Li-Qiang arrives in Delhi

G20India  Summit Live Updates: Delhi is all decked up for the G20 Summit 2023 being held at newly constructed Bharat…

Statesman News Service | New Delhi | September 8, 2023 9:38 am

G20 India Updates: Chinese Premier Li-Qiang arrives in Delhi

Chinese Premier Li Qiang. ANI Photo

G20India  Summit Live Updates: Delhi is all decked up for the G20 Summit 2023 being held at newly constructed Bharat Mandapam auditorium under India’s Presidency from September 9 to 10. Massive security arrangements have been made in view of the G20 Summit which will be attended by several top international leaders from 20 countries and special invitees. The Delhi police have announced traffic restrictions and diversions in the New Delhi district and on roads leading to the venue. Schools, colleges and offices have been shut and fighter jets have been deployed to ensure safety and a smooth G20 summit. While head of states of several countries have already landed in Delhi, US President Joe Biden will arrive in the national capital later today. Prime Minister of Argentina has arrived earlier this morning but Spanish President Pedro Sanchez will not be attending the event after being tested positive for Covid-19.

G20 Summit 2023 UPDATES:

9:20 PM: Chinese Premier Li-Qiang lands in Delhi: Li Qiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China, arrives in Delhi for the G-20 Summit. Li will represent China after President Xi Jinping decided not to attend the G20 Summit due to unknown reasons not related to India.

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9:00 PM: Sound and fountain show being organised at Bharat Mandapam, in Delhi Bharat Mandapam at Pragati Maidan is all set to host the G 20 Summit on September 9 and 10.

8:40 PM: BREAKING NEWS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden hold bilateral meeting in Delhi. Wide range of issues including clean energy, defence and high-technology likely to be discussed.

8:30 PM: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau arrives in Delhi for the G-20 Summit. Turkiye President Erdogan and Indonesian President Joko Widodo has also landed in Delhi.

7:40 PM: Earlier Visuals: US President Biden left for ITC Maurya where he will be staying during his India visit. He will soon hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

7:00 PM: BREAKING NEWS: US President Joe Biden has arrived in India for the G20 Summit. Biden will soon hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

6:30 PM: UK PM Rishi Sunak on India-UK FTA: “Both Modi ji and I are keen to see a comprehensive and ambitious trade deal concluded between our two countries…Trade deals always take time, they need to work for both countries. Although we have made enormous progress there is still hard work to go.”

6:00 PM: Deputy Prime Minister of Oman Asaad bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said arrived in Delhi this afternoon for the G 20 Summit

5:50 PM: On Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s bilateral meeting with PM Modi, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla says, “…It is important to note that we have invited Bangladesh as a very close and friendly neighbour. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is here and is having one of the early meetings with the Prime Minister and I think it is a very important one…”

5:30 PM: PM Modi, Jugnauth hold bilateral meet: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth hold a bilateral meeting in Delhi.

3:35 PM: Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra: “The coming together of the 41 Heads of delegations, Heads of State/Govt, Heads of international organisations in India, starting yesterday is under PM’s personal leadership and direction. It is essentially a celebration of the coming together of the G 20 family…This is the largest-ever participation of the Global South in India.”

3:10 PM: African Union to be formally included in G20: “PM who is a great believer in Global South had written to all the leaders and there has been a very positive response and formally that will come before the Summit,” says India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant.

3:00 PM: Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra:  If you really want to get a sense of India’s vision, priorities and approach to the G 20 presidency, I would encourage all of you to read the Op-ed that the PM has written yesterday. It captures a distilled essence of how India envisions and looks at the ongoing G20.”

2:30 PM: UK PM Rishi Sunak arrive in India: United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murthy arrive in Delhi for the G 20 Summit. He was received by MoS for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey.

2:00 PM: What will spouses of G20 leaders do in India: “On 9th Sept, they (Spouses of G 20 leaders) will visit the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. They will meet some women farmers and will also see some of the top laboratories…Their first experience will be about millet, which is our traditional diet…In the second half, there will be an exhibition called ‘Roots to Roots’ where we will showcase the oldest chariot in the world…,” says MoS MEA Meenakashi Lekhi.

1:30 PM: Sheikh Hasina arrive in Delhi, to meet PM Modi soon: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in Delhi for the G20 Summit. She was received by MoS for Railways & Textiles Darshana Jardosh.

1:00 PM: Ahead of G20India Summit, Tibetan Youth Congress protest against China in Delhi: “This protest was organised by Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC)…They protested for half an hour and then we requested them to disperse…The dispersal is going on…We had kept the security arrangement intact…,” says Sagar Singh Kalsi, DCP, North Delhi.

12:30 PM:  Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives in Delhi to attend the G20 Summit.

12:20 PM: RBI to showcase cutting-edge fin-tech at G20 Summit: Bharat Mandapam will showcase a unique international project – ‘Culture Corridor – G20 Digital Museum’. Delegates will be onboarded on UPI One World. Their wallets will be prefunded with Rs 2000, which they can utilise as they desire. RBI will display cutting-edge financial technologies at the G20 Summit, showcasing their potential to revolutionise the financial landscape.

11:30 AM: US on Biden-Modi bilateral meeting: “We will have discussions on several issues. India and the US share a partnership in several sectors including critical emerging technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Student mobility and others. America wants to work with India after seeing the ambition of the youth in India”

10:45 AM: HD Deve Gowda says will not attend G20 dinner: “I will not be attending the G20 dinner organised by the Hon. President of India Draupadi Murmuji, on 09 September 2023, due to health reasons. I have already communicated this to the government. I wish the G20 summit a grand success,” tweets Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

10:40 AM: US on Putin, Xi’s absence from G20: “It is important to emphasise that the G20 is a prime solution to the global challenges. We see it as a premier organisation on a global basis that is taking on critical challenges facing the global economy and particularly the global South. I believe the G20, in spite of obvious problems due to Russia’s war against Ukraine and Russia’s general absence from G20 initiatives, has been extremely effective, especially under India’s leadership. Our goals for the G20 have coincided closely with those of India. We have tackled very important challenges. I think we have had considerable success in changing the way the entire multilateral development system is operating…”

10:30 AM: Heavy security deployed near Majnu Ka Tilla in view of the protest by the Tibetan community.

10:10 AM: PM Modi to hold 15 bilateral meetings on G20 sidelines: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold at least 15 bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the G20 summit. These include bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden today and France’s Emmanuel Macron on September 10. READ Full Story Here

9:50 AM: Congress leader and former PM Manmohan Singh invited for G20 dinner: Former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda have been invited to attend the G20 Summit dinner hosted by the President, reports news agency ANI citing Sources.

9:30 AM: Intense police checking of vehicles ahead of G20 Summit: Police personnel check vehicles as security tightened up across the national capital on the occasion of the G20 Summit.

9:20 AM: World leaders start arriving in Delhi: Top international leaders from the G20 member countries have started arriving. Argentina President Alberto Fernández has landed in Delhi for the G20 Summit.


9:00 AM: BREAKING NEWS: Spanish President Pedro Sanchez will not attend the G20 Summit 2023 in Delhi. Sanchez has tested Covid-19 positive just hours before his departure for New Delhi, India. Now, First Vice President Nadia Calvino and Minister of Economic Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU and
will represent Spain at the Delhi G20 Summit 2023.

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