PM Modi to attend 2019 G20 Osaka Summit: MEA

G20 leaders will come together in Japan’s Osaka to discuss sustainable and inclusive growth. The world leaders will also focus on issues concerning climate change, employment and women empowerment among many other issues.

The Ministry of External Affairs has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 2019 G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka, Japan from June 27-29.

The G20 summit will focus on global economic growth by promoting free trade and innovation, achieving both economic growth and reduction of disparities, and contributing to the development agenda and other global issues. (AFP)

The summit will be held at the International Exhibition Center in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar announced that former Union minister Suresh Prabhu would be India’s Sherpa at the meet.

“This would be the sixth time that Prime Minister Modi would be participating in the summit. He would hold bilateral (discussions) and participate in plurilateral meetings which would be announced closer to the date,” Kumar said.

G-20 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the US.

Collectively, the G-20 economies account for nearly 90 per cent of the gross world product, 80 per cent of world trade, two-thirds of the world population, and approximately half of the world land area.