Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday extended a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend G7 Hiroshima Summit, which is slated to take place in May this year.
Kishida who arrived in the national capital early this morning on a two-day official visit visited Rajghat here and paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
This is Kishida's second visit to India as Prime Minister. Later in the day he will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and in their bilateral talks the two are set to discuss priorities for India's presidency of G20 and Japan's presidency of the G7.
The second meeting of the newly formed Startup 20 Engagement Group under India's G20 Presidency will be held on March 18-19 in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.
The W20 delegation of India joined the Permanent Mission of India in New York, Ruchira Kamboj for a special event on Thursday and discussed the path of empowerment through technology
The Indian Ambassador said India's G20 presidency started off well. "We've had several important meetings including the Foreign Minister's Meeting and the meeting of the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors," she said.
According to The Bhutan Live, India and Bhutan share a special bilateral relationship. Bhutan has the most significant share of the allocated budget for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) under Grants and Loans to Foreign Governments.
United Nations lauded India's G20 Presidency for highlighting a number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation.
"G20 under current circumstances is a difficult business...but I can say that the Indian side did that masterfully. It was very under the circumstances, it was a fantastically organized and fantastic setup conference. Everybody was happy with the context. My minister had a couple of very