Swaying world with its exemplary strategic business, PM Modi with Suresh Prabhu to attend G20 summit in Japan
New Delhi, June 22: Binding together the economics of energy security, financial stability, WTO reforms, counter-terrorism; India will exhibit its ideas at the 14th G20 summit in Japan. Asserting India’s presence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 14th G20 summit in Japan’s Osaka city from June 28 to June 29.
The Ministry of External Affairs during a press briefing about the G20 summit asserted that PM Modi is scheduled to hold talks with United States President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the summit. The summit will also be attended by heads of state or government of member countries, European Union and other invited nations and international organisations.
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar mentioned that this would be the sixth time that Prime Minister Modi would be participating in the summit. PM Modi would hold bilateral discussions and participate in plurilateral meetings which would be announced closer to the date. The summit under Japanese presidency is centred around the theme "Human centred future society".
The ministry also announced that former Union minister Suresh Prabhu will be India's Sherpa at the G20 meet. A Sherpa is the personal representative of a head of state or government who prepares an international summit, particularly the annual G7 and G20 summits. Talking about India's agenda at the meeting, Suresh Prabhu said India will discuss important issues such as energy security, financial stability, reforming multilateralism, and WTO reform. Prabhu said issues such as return of fugitive economic offenders, terrorism, portable social security schemes, disaster-resilient infrastructure, as well as food security will also be raised by India.
When asked about the world trade scenario, Prabhu said that India is one of the most open economies of the world today. India gets FDI without barriers in several sectors, so it has the right to demand reciprocal treatment from other countries of the world. India has not fully benefitted from opening borders. It is a time when India's economy is 2.8 trillion dollars.
The members of G20 are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States of America.