In his opening remarks at the 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit, PM Modi invited the AU, represented by Chairperson Azali Assoumani, to take a seat at the table of G20 leaders as a permanent member.
"Welcome to India, Director General @WHO @DrTedros, President @ADB_HQ @ADBPresident, and Director-General @ILO @GilbertFHoungbo for the G20 Summit, New Delhi,” posted Bagchi on X.
PM Modi and Biden shook hands and warmly greeted each other. Visuals from the Bharat Mandapam showed PM Modi explaining the significance of the Konark wheel from Odisha that served as the backdrop to the photo-up.
Padma Shri recipient and International sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a 150-foot-long and 50-foot-wide G20 logo at Puri Beach to commemorate the G20 Summit being held in the national capital.
The summit is being attended by more than 30 heads of state and top officials from the European Union and invited guest countries and 14 heads of international organisations.
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Argentia Alberto Fernández and President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu have arrived at the Bharat Mandapam.
The other delegation heads who were received by Prime Minister Modi include the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the OECD, Mathias Cormann, President of the