Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday began the bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Osaka, on the sidelines of ongoing 14th G20 Summit. Besides the meeting with President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, he also held many bilaterals and pull-asides with a host of world leaders including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the final day of the ongoing G20 summit in Japan’s Osaka on Saturday.Also Read - 4 Reasons Why Tourism is The Next Growth Engine For India, TAAI President Jyoti Mayal Explains
The Prime Minister’s bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan comes as India and Turkey are facing a sanction threat by the United States over an S-400 missile deal with Moscow.The Prime Minister participated in the closing ceremony of the summit. Shortly before departing for New Delhi, Prime Minister Modi hosted a final bilateral meet with Australian PM Scott Morrison. Also Read - Budget Glossary 2022: Key Economic Terms Decoded to Understand FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Speech
Notably, the Prime Minister participated in the leaders’ side event on women empowerment. The topic of the G20 Summit was ‘Human-Centred Future Society’. In line with the central theme, the third session witnessed discussions on a variety of topics namely sustainable development, inclusiveness, and inequality. Also Read - Identify 10 Tasks to be Completed in Next 3 Months, Work on Time-bound Targets to Increase People's Ease of Living: PM Modi to DMs
The fourth and final session of the summit will be held in the afternoon, where the topics under discussion will be Climate Change, Environment, and Energy. In between the two sessions, PM Modi will hold three pull-asides with Prime Minister of Singapore Sebastian Pinera, Italian President Giuseppe Conte, Chile President Sebastian Pinera.
(With inputs from ANI)