Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Osaka, Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit during which, he will be meeting a host of world leaders and taking part in the 14th G20 Summit.
He arrived in the Japanese city early in the morning for his sixth G20 summit, to be held from 28-29.
His first bilateral meet on day one was to be with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. The Japanese PM had called PM Modi to congratulate him for his reelection May 23. Abe will be visiting India later this year for the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit that alternates its location between the two countries. Last year, PM Modi visited Japan for the 13th summit during which, Japan announced it will be joining the New Delhi-led International Solar Alliance and signed a Currency Swap Agreement.
In all, PM will be having more than 10 bilateral meetings and pull-asides at the summit. He will be meeting US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron He met Chinese and Russian leaders on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan just two weeks ago.
Two important tri-laterals will also happen — the JAI meet, Japan, America, India grouping, and RIC meet-— the Russia, India, and China meet. Besides this, a permanent fixture has been the informal BRICS Summit. The informal meet between Modi and Xi during the informal BRICS Summit at the 2017 Hamburg G20 acted as a major icebreaker between the two countries in the backdrop of the Doklam crisis that year.
New Delhi is expected to strongly raise the issue of economic offenders and black money. Other than this, Climate change, countering terrorism, disaster resilient infrastructure, reformed multilateralism, and WTO reforms will be the other focus areas for India. The summit is happening in the backdrop of trade wars between World's number I and number II economies — US and China, and Washington's diminishing commitment to the global trade body — WTO (World Trade Organization).
The annual gathering of the world's power club will have plenty to talk about, including the much talked about meeting between Trump and Xi to resolve issues on trade. The US-Iran tiff is also expected to dominate the discourse.
The theme of this year's summit under the Japanese Presidency is 'Human Centered Future Society', which will focus on a range of issues from Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence to an Inclusive and Sustainable World, and pressing issues such as Energy and Environment, Global Health, Climate change, and Marine plastic waste.
G20 emerged in the backdrop of the Asian financial crisis in 1999 when it was a forum of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of developing and developed countries. After the 2008 global financial crisis, it took shape in its present form and has summits across the world. G20 members represent around 85% of the global gross domestic product, over 75% of global trade, and two-thirds of the world's population.
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