G20 Summit 2022 in Bali, Indonesia LIVE Updates: Now is time when Russian destructive war must be stopped, says Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy
The annual G20 Summit opened in the Indonesian capital Bali today (November 15, 2022) with world leaders set to discuss over the next two days the challenges triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war and the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also addressed the G-20 Summit’s Session I on “Food and Energy Security” and said that we have to find a way to return to the path of ceasefire and diplomacy in Ukraine. He also told global leaders that the “onus of creating a new world order” for the post-Covid period lies on our shoulders. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed at the summit venue by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, ahead of the formal opening of the summit.
“Recover Together, Recover Stronger” is the theme picked by Indonesia when it took charge last year and the world leaders are scheduled to hold three working sessions on food and energy security, digital transformations, and health.
On the sidelines of the summit, Prime Minister Modi is slated to hold bilateral meetings with Indonesian President Widodo, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, French President Emmanuel Macron and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Earlier on Monday, a day ahead of the summit, US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi held a meeting for three and a half hours in Bali and discussed US-China relations.
While Russian President Vladimir Putin has opted out of the Bali summit, he has sent his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov to represent the country.
The G20, notably, comprises 19 countries namely Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the USA and the European Union (EU).
