Tag: G20 Summit

PM Modi arrives in Hamburg for G20 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in the German city Hamburg to attend the G20 Summit, after wrapping up his historic three-day visit to Israel. He will attend the summit hosted by Germany on July 7-8. The theme of the summit this year is 'Shaping an Inter- connected World'. "PM @narendramodi reaches Hamburg for...

July 7, 2017

Protests turn violent for Trump’s maiden G20

Demonstrations turned violent ahead of a tricky first G20 summit for US President Donald Trump, as German police clashed with a hard core of masked anti- capitalist activists hurling bottles and stones. What should have been a peaceful march on Wednesday by around 12,000 people in Hamburg protesting against globalisation was halted as police used water...

July 6, 2017

Modi to meet British, Japanese, Canadian leaders in Hamburg

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a series of bilaterals, including with the Prime Ministers of Britain, Japan and Canada, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, a senior official said on Thursday. The comments came after China said there will be no meeting at Harmburg between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Indian leader. ...

July 6, 2017

EU chiefs highlight ‘free and fair’ trade ahead of G20 summit

Bolstering an open and fair rules-based multilateral trading system and harnessing globalisation should be at the top agenda of the Group of Twenty (G20), the chiefs of the European Union said in a joint letter ahead of the G20 Hamburg summit. European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, representing the EU,...

July 6, 2017

South Korea’s Moon leaves for G20 summit in Germany

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday left for Germany to attend a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) later this week, a media report said. Moon would push to have several bilateral summit meetings on the sidelines of the G20 meet, including those with the leaders of China, Russia, Japan, India,...

July 5, 2017

Trump, Putin to hold bilateral meeting at G20 summit: White House

US President Donald Trump will hold an official bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Citing remarks by US National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton, CNN reported that the first in-person meeting between Trump and Putin and the first...

July 5, 2017

PM Modi, Xi likely to meet on sidelines of G20 Summit

In the backdrop of the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops on the India-China-Bhutan tri-junction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping when leaders of the BRICS nations hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg on July 7. "A meeting of BRICS leaders will take...

July 4, 2017

Donald Trump talks with German, Italian leaders ahead of G20 summit

President Donald Trump has spoken with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni about the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg, the White House said. Trump and Merkel “addressed climate issues, the Women's Entrepreneurship Financing Initiative and trade, including global steel overcapacity,” the White House said in a statement yesterday following their “extensive...

July 4, 2017

Putin, Trump may discuss arms control during upcoming meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump may discuss arms control during their upcoming meeting later this week in Germany, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Monday. At a news briefing ahead of Putin's trip to Germany, Ushakov confirmed that the Russian and US Presidents will meet on the sidelines of...

July 4, 2017

PM Modi, world leaders to discuss counter-terrorism at G20 Summit

Counter-terrorism and economic reforms will dominate the discussions amongst the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies at the G20 Summit in Germany next week, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 12th G20 Summit on July 7-8 in Hamburg, a major port city in northern Germany, will also discuss issues like free...

June 29, 2017

Merkel, Macron to defend Paris accord at Hamburg G20

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron vowed to defend an international climate change agreement at an upcoming G20 summit, in spite of the decision of the US to withdraw from the pact. The two leaders made their comments on Thursday in a joint press statement after a meeting with other European heads...

June 29, 2017

Angela Merkel says US ‘most welcome’ at G20 summit in Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that the United States is "an important part" of the Group of 20 summit, which her country is hosting next month, and that "they will be most welcome by the German government despite all differences in opinion." Despite the warm words, Merkel, who was speaking at a pre-summit event in...

June 20, 2017