G20 Summit highlights: PM Modi meets Rishi Sunak, discusses ways to increase trade

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday said that he met British counterpart Rishi Sunak at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Bali and discussed ways to boost trade between the two countries.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the “astonishingly clear words” Group of 20 leaders agreed on in their joint statement Wednesday shows that Vladimir Putin is increasingly isolated over the war.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday said he was also committed to a trade deal with India. Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Sunak also said he was confident Britain and the United States could deepen their economic relationship but that he had not spoken specifically about a trade deal with US President Joe Biden, news agency Reuters reported.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday a missile strike in eastern Poland near the Ukrainian border, in which two people were killed, should be fully investigated before conclusions are drawn.

In his closing statement following the G20 summit in Bali, Scholz called it a positive sign that the United States had offered to assist Poland with the probe.

The next summit of G20 nations will be held under India's presidency in New Delhi on September 9-10.

PM Narendra Modi and Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni engaged in bilateral talks in on the margins of Summit in Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday.

“India is taking charge of the G-20 at a time when the world is simultaneously grappling with geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown, rising food and energy prices, and the long-term ill-effects of the pandemic,” said PM Modi at closing session of G-20 Summit in Bali on Wednesday.

A planned G20 meeting between British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Xi Jinping of China has been cancelled. A Downing Street spokesperson cited "scheduling issues" as the reason, reported Reuters on Wednesday.

“We have to keep women-led development a priority in the G20 agenda,” said PM Modi at the closing session of the G20 Summit in Bali.

The two-day Bali G20 Summit has ended with Indonesia handing over leadership to India.

"PM Modi's message that ““era not of war” resonated very deeply across all delegations and helped bridge the gap across different parties,” said foreign cecretary Kwatra on G20 Bali Declaration reflecting PM Modi’s “era not of war” advice to Putin in Bali on Wednesday, reports ANI.

“Digital solutions can be helpful in fight against climate change as we saw in examples of remote-working & paperless offices during Covid,” PM Modi said at G20 Summit on Wednesday.

“India has developed digital public goods whose basic architecture has in-built democratic principles,” PM Modi said at G20 Summit on Wednesday.

“The principle of 'data for development' will be integral part of theme of India's G-20 Presidency 'One Earth, One Family, One Future',” PM Modi said at G20 Summit on Wednesday.

“It is responsibility of G-20 leaders that benefits of digital transformation should not be confined to small part of human race,” PM Modi said at G20 Summit on Wednesday.

A leaders declaration at the summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies was adopted on Wednesday, Reuters reported citing diplomatic officials.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, and is scheduled to meet seven other world leaders of Indonesia, Spain, Singapore, Germany, Italy, Australia and the United Kingdom on the sidelines of the Summit.

Most G20 member countries have condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to draft joint declaration, Reuters reported.

The US President Joe Biden and G7 group said Wednesday that they will investigate the explosion in Poland before deciding next steps, with Biden saying it was "unlikely" that Russia fired the missile. The group along with other leaders engaged in an “emergency” meeting on the sidelines of the Summit in the morning.

The mangroves are crucial in the conservation of climate. India is a part of the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC), an initiative led by Indonesia and the UAE under former's G20 presidency, the Ministry of External Affairs said.