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Source: The post is based on the article “India to hold G20 summit in September 2023” published in The Hindu on 14th September 2022.
What is the News?
India will assume the presidency of the G20 from December,2022 and host the summit of leaders of the G20 in New Delhi during September 9-10, 2023.
What is G20?
India’s G20 Presidency
India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from 01 December 2022 to 30 November 2023.
Under its Presidency, India is expected to host over 200 G20 meetings across the country, beginning in December 2022.
The G20 Leaders’ Summit at the level of Heads of State / Government is scheduled to be held on 09 and 10 September 2023 in New Delhi.
G20 Troika
India is currently part of the G20 Troika which comprises the current, previous and incoming G20 presidencies and includes Indonesia, Italy and India.
During its presidency, the troika will include India, Indonesia and Brazil. This will be the first time that the troika will consist of three developing countries and emerging economies providing them with a greater voice.
What are the guest countries invited by India as a G20 Presidency?
In addition to G20 Members, there has been a tradition of the G20 Presidency inviting some Guest countries and International Organizations (IOs) to its G20 meetings and summits.
Accordingly, India will be inviting Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and UAE as Guest countries.
ISA (International Solar Alliance), CDRI (Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure) and ADB (Asian Development Bank) will also be invited as Guest IOs.
