According to MEA, the summit is "special" as it is the first meeting after the elevation of the relationship between the two sides to a comprehensive strategic partnership last year.
The traffic restrictions will be imposed in Delhi from September 8-10. Among various diversions, restrictions have been imposed on routes leading to the IGI airport.
G20 summit: The mega event is slated to be held from September 9 to 10 at the newly built international convention and exhibition centre — Bharat Mandapam — at Pragati Maidan.
Interestingly, Rahul Gandhi's tour details come at a time when New Delhi is scheduled to hold a much-anticipated G20 Summit in the national capital where the leaders from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, China and others will mark their presence.
Additionally, Jaishankar discussed how the opposition had criticized the administration for making elaborate preparations for the G20 Summit.
G20 Summit 2023: "Customers are being offered the option of rescheduling or cancelling their flights with refunds. Passengers have been notified about flight cancellations and to schedule changes in advance," the statement of Indigo said.
The top international leaders are anticipated to attend India's mega event, the G20 Leader's Summit, which will be held at Bharat Mandapam at Pragati Maidan on September 9 and 10.
G20 Summit 2023: The trains will run with a frequency of 30 minutes on all the lines till 06:00 am. After 06:00 am, metro trains will run as per the normal timetable throughout the day on all lines.
“He said negotiations around a free trade deal were progressing and that he would only agree to an approach which worked for the whole of the UK,” notes a Downing Street readout of the Cabinet meeting.
India vs Bharat: “India that is Bharat, it is there in the Constitution. Please, I would invite everybody to read it,” Jaishankar said. The minister was asked about the opposition parties’ reaction and if the government is going to reposition India as Bharat coinciding with the G20 summit.
G20 Summit 2023: Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend G20 Summit in New Delhi this week and the delegation will be led by Premier Li Qiang, China's foreign ministry announced on Monday as it expressed Beijing's readiness to work with all parties to make the high-profile meeting a success.
G20 Summit 2023: World leaders will arrive in New Delhi to attend the G20 Summit. The summit will be hosted at the state-of-the-art Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
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Relations between China and India remain frosty over their border dispute that led to a clash three years ago in which 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed.
Earlier in a statement, the White House also confirmed that both leaders will have a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the historic conference.
Police personnel were seen conducting thorough inspections by halting vehicles. Earlier on Monday, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi said that paramilitary forces, Delhi police and several other people are engaged in providing security at the G20 Summit.
Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Saurabh Kumar said that the Indonesian side was kind enough to alter the timings of the two different summits which were scheduled for September 7.
The official confirmation from Paris came nearly four days before India is gearing up for the mega event where top world leaders including US President Joe Biden, UK PM Rishi Sunak, and Australian PM Antony Albanese will mark their presence in Delhi.
It took the artist 10 days to paint the portrait of the US President with acrylic colors. He has painted portraits of President Droupadi Murmu, and former Indian presidents Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patel so far, for which he also received appreciation letters.
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