India gets G20 presidency as Bali Summit concludes; PM Modi holds key bilateral meets | LIVE

PM Narendra Modi and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese engage in bilateral talks in Bali, Indonesia. 

UK PM Rishi Sunak in Bali said that there's excitement about India taking over the G20 presidency.

On India-UK trade deal, Sunak said, "We remain committed to trade deal with India, but we need to get these things right."

PM Narendra Modi and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni engage in bilateral talks in Bali, Indonesia.

"PM Modi and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni exchanged views on how India and Italy can work closely in sectors like energy, defence, culture and in boosting climate change. The two leaders also focused on ways to enhance economic partnership between our countries," PMO informed.

A planned meeting between Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit has been cancelled, Downing Street says, citing "scheduling issues".

It was to be the first such summit in nearly five years.

This is our third meeting this year and we built on strong ground covered during the Inter-Governmental consultations held earlier. We discussed ways to boost economic ties, defence collaboration and other important issues, PM Modi said on his meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron held talks at the G20 Summit in Bali. They had fruitful deliberations on a variety of subjects. The two leaders discussed how to enhance defence ties, further sustainable growth and increase economic cooperation, PMO informed.

PM Modi also addressed a session on digital transformation in the Bali summit on Wednesday. 

He said, "Digital transformation is most remarkable change of our era. Proper use of digital technologies can become force multiplier in decades-long global fight against poverty."

"Digital solutions can be helpful in fight against climate change as we saw in examples of remote-working & paperless offices during Covid. In India, we are making digital access public, but at international level, there is still huge digital divide," PM Modi said.

"India's experience of past few years has shown that if we make digital architecture inclusive, it can bring about socio-economic changes. India has developed digital public goods whose basic architecture has in-built democratic principles," the Prime Minister said.

"The principle of 'data for development' will be integral part of theme of India's G-20 Presidency 'One Earth, One Family, One Future'", he said.

"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.

President of Indonesia Joko Widodo hands over the G20 Presidency to India at the closing ceremony of the Bali Summit. India will officially assume G20 Presidency from December 1.

As India got G20 Summit Presidency for 2023, PM Modi said, "It's a matter of pride for every Indian as India takes over the presidency of the G20. We will organise G20 meetings in different states and cities in India. Together we will make G20 a catalyst for global change."

"We have to keep women-led development a priority in the G20 agenda," the Prime Minister said.

"India's G20 presidency will be inclusive, ambitious, decisive and action-oriented. In the next one year, it will be our endeavour that G20 works as a global prime mover to give impetus to collective action," the Prime Minister said.

The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be meeting leaders in the Indo-Pacific, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

PM Modi and US President Biden exchange greetings at the Mangrove forest visit in Bali, Indonesia. 

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be meeting leaders in the Indo-Pacific, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi today

PM Modi along with other G-20 Leaders visited and planted Mangroves at the ‘Taman Hutan Raya Ngurah Rai’ Mangrove forests on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in Bali today.

Mangroves play an important role in global conservation efforts. India has joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC), a joint initiative of Indonesia and UAE under the Indonesian G-20 Presidency.

More than 50 mangrove species can be found spread over 5000 sq km in India. India is placing emphasis on the protection and restoration of mangroves, which are rich sites of biodiversity and serve as effective carbon sinks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Biden and other G20 leaders visit a Mangrove forest in Bali and plant trees.

Indonesian President welcomes PM Narendra Modi at a Mangrove forest in Bali on the second day of G20 Summit.

PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday reached a Mangrove forest in Bali on the second day of G20 Summit 2022.