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Will present India's perspective at G20 summit in Johannesburg: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday embarked on a three-day visit to South Africa to attend the first G20 summit being held in Africa. During his stay in Johannesburg, the Prime Minister will also attend the sixth IBSA Summit on the sidelines of the G20. I will present India's perspective at the Summit in line with our vision of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' and 'One earth, One Family and One future', Modi said in his departure statement.

G20 to take up Global South issues as PM Narendra Modi begins visit

New Delhi said the South Africa-hosted G20 Summit will carry forward Global South issues raised during India's 2023 presidency - including disaster risk reduction and climate action

Leaders press on with G20 summit in South Africa without US and Trump

Leaders and delegates from the world's richest nations and top developing countries are gathering this weekend for the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, an event overshadowed by the boycott of US President Donald Trump and his administration. Africa's first G20 summit will see representatives of 42 countries, but not the United States, a founding member of the group and one that's supposed to be taking over its rotating presidency in Johannesburg. Trump has denounced South Africa's leadership of the G20 and said he would not attend, citing alleged discrimination of the country's white farmers. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he's told Trump that information about the alleged persecution of Afrikaners is completely false. Last Friday, Trump also said that no US officials would attend the gathering. The US boycott has dominated discussions more so than the summit's agenda, which includes climate resilience, debt sustainability for poor nations and growing ...

PM Modi to visit Johannesburg for G20 Summit from November 21 to 23: MEA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Johannesburg for the 20th G20 Leaders' Summit, where he will outline India's positions on inclusive growth, resilience, climate and global cooperation

Will not attend G20 summit in South Africa later this month, says Trump

US President Donald Trump has said he will not attend the G20 Summit scheduled to be held in South Africa later this month. I am not going. We have a G20 meeting in South Africa. South Africa shouldn't even be in the Gs anymore because what's happened there is bad. I told them I'm not going. I'm not going to represent our country there. It shouldn't be there, Trump said at the America Business Forum in Miami on Wednesday. South Africa assumed the year-long G20 Presidency on December 1, 2024, and will host the group's leaders for a summit meeting in Johannesburg from November 22 to 23, the first time the G20 Summit will be held on African soil. India was the President of the G20 from December 2022 to November 2023 and had hosted the 18th G20 Summit in New Delhi in September 2023. Then-US President Joe Biden had travelled to India to attend the G20 Summit. The G20 comprises 19 countries Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, So

Trump to skip G20 summit in South Africa, V-P Vance to attend in his stead

The president's fight with South Africa reached a boiling point in May when he ambushed President Cyril Ramaphosa with a video purporting to back up his claims White farmers are being targeted

Trump says he'll host next year's G20 summit at his Doral resort in Florida

US President Donald Trump on Friday said the US will host next year's Group of 20 summit at his golf club in southern Florida. In his first term, Trump tried to host a separate global summit at the club, located in Doral, but backed down after criticism from his own party about the propriety of doing so. Well, I think everybody wants it there, Trump said Friday when asked if the global summit would be at his golf club and spa. He had previously announced that it would be in the city of Miami. Trump said the organisers had requested the summit be at his personal club.

Amitabh Kant joins Fairfax as senior advisor after G20 Sherpa role

Amitabh Kant was India's G20 Sherpa for the 2023 Summit that took place in New Delhi. In the run-up to the summit, Kant worked towards building international consensus on key issues

G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant steps down after 45 years of public service

Amitabh Kant steps down after four decades in public service, reflecting on his G20 role and development contributions while hinting at future work in innovation and industry

Reimagining India's role at multilaterals via votes, values, and vision

It is time for India to raise its voice - not just through military prowess, but through professionalism, principled voting and partnerships

EAM Jaishankar stresses G20's importance, calls for finding common ground

Jaishankar was speaking at the G-20 Session titled 'Discussion on the Global Geopolitical Situation' in South Africa on Thursday

US' Rubio to skip G20 meet after calling host South Africa anti-American

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the leading rich and developing nations that starts on Thursday after criticising host South Africa's policies as anti-American. Instead, Rubio was headed back to the United States on Wednesday from his first trip to the Middle East as America's chief diplomat after leading a US delegation in talks with Russia in Riyad over the war in Ukraine. Rubio spoke with the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the European Union's foreign policy chief to brief them immediately after Tuesday's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the State Department said. Top European diplomats, as well as Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are all expected at the Group of 20 meeting in Johannesburg while the US will be represented by a lower-level delegation. A G20 meeting would normally be an opportunity for a US secretary of state to push for support on US positio

US Secretary of State to skip G20 summit: 'South Africa doing bad things'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip the G20 summit, accusing South Africa of pushing an 'anti-American' agenda and criticising its stance on DEI and climate policies

G20 from the backroom: Amitabh Kant on navigating crises and consensus

Kant describes with ill-concealed glee how slack-jawed reporters reacted when a joint communique was indeed accepted as the New Delhi declaration of the G20

G20 Rio declaration balances compromise but lacks actionable specifics

Declaration did not capitalise on breakthrough commitment among countries at COP28 in Dubai last year to "transition away from fossil fuels" by setting phaseout targets for this transition

PM Modi visits Guyana: Why South American nation is crucial to India

South American nation has become a significant contributor to world crude supply

Brazil urges G20 leaders to move faster on net zero climate targets

World leaders are trying to shore up a global response to climate change before Donald Trump retakes the US presidency

G20: Chaos in Rio shows a world untethered even before Trump returns

The behind-the-scenes squabbling over language characterising wars in Ukraine and the Middle East had been abruptly shut down by an impatient host

Argentina's Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China's Jinping

Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not "make deals with communists" in China or Brazil, calling their leaders "murderers" and "thieves" in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump and other global far-right icons into a winning political message. But on Tuesday, President Milei found himself at the Group of 20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping and vowing to boost trade with the Asian powerhouse, a day after his economy minister signed a preliminary agreement to export Argentine natural gas to Brazil. Milei even acquiesced to a joint declaration endorsed by world leaders late on Monday despite his earlier attempts to play spoiler to the G20 host, Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva who was once called by Milei a "corrupt communist". The final moments of the high-profile summit on Tuesday revealed Milei's more pragmatic streak, coming as a surprise after the irascible ..

G20 Summit: Biden's legacy fades into rainforest at last major gathering

His trip to the region for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima and the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro was meant to reassure allies