Will Russian President Vladimir Putin participate in G20 Summit? MEA says this

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Responding to a query on whether or not Russia has confirmed the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the G20 Summit, External Affairs Ministry official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned he can’t challenge a response on any specific chief.

India has despatched out invites to all G20 members, invitee nations, and worldwide organisations and is wanting ahead to welcoming their participation in the G20 Summit scheduled in the nationwide capital this September. 

Responding to a query on whether or not Russia has confirmed the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the G20 Summit, External Affairs Ministry official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned he can’t challenge a response on any specific chief.

“At this point, all I can reiterate is what we have said earlier that invitations have gone out to all the G20 members as well as the invitee countries, the international organisations, and all the invitee international organisations. This is a physical summit and we would hope that all the invitees are able to participate in person for the summit. “There have been confirmations I perceive however once more I haven’t got any particular response on any specific chief, sure or no, and I do not assume it might be truthful to take a look at it that means. But, sure, we’re wanting ahead to welcoming the leaders right here for our G20 Leaders Summit, New Delhi Leaders’ Summit in September,” he mentioned.

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President Putin skipped the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia in 2022 and despatched the nation’s Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in his place. Earlier right now, the workplace of South African President, Cyril Ramaphose had introduced that Putin is not going to attend the BRICS nations summit. This would be the first summit hosted in particular person because the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic and the next international restrictions. The Summit might be attended by the leaders of Brazil, India, China, and South Africa.

Putin will as a substitute ship his speech on the summit through video convention, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed Russian information company TASS. Peskov additionally confirmed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will symbolize Russia on the summit in particular person. Lavrov had this March participated in the G20 Foreign Ministers assembly in Goa. India assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1.

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The 18th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 9-10. The assembly might be a fruits of all of the G20 processes and conferences held all year long amongst ministers, senior officers, and civil societies. A G20 Leaders’ declaration might be adopted on the conclusion of the New Delhi Summit, stating Leaders’ dedication in the direction of the priorities mentioned and agreed upon in the course of the respective ministerial and dealing group conferences, in accordance with the official G20 assertion.

The Group of Twenty (G20) includes 19 nations – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Union. The invited nations are Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain, and UAE.