Modi to attend 15 th G20 Leaders' Summit
By TIOL News Service
NEW DELHI, NOV 20, 2020: THE Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, will be attending the 15th G20 summit which will be held on 21-22 November at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Thursday that the meeting will be held virtually, under the theme "Realising the Opportunities of 21st Century for All." This will be the second G20 leaders meeting in 2020.
At the last G20 Extraordinary Leaders' summit in March 2020, the "leaders developed a timely understanding among the G20 countries to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic" and "forge a global coordinated response".
PMO said the focus of the upcoming G20 Summit will be on an "inclusive, resilient, and sustainable recovery" from COVID-19.
During the G20 Summit, the leaders will discuss pandemic preparedness and the ways and means to restore jobs. They will also share their vision for building an inclusive, sustainable, and resilient future.
India will enter the G20 Troika (a three-member country committee chaired by the current summit presidency) along with Saudi Arabia when Italy will take over the Presidency of the G20 on 1 December, 2020.
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