China's President Xi Jinping Likely To Skip G20 Summit Led By India In Delhi Next Week

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to skip the G20 summit 2023 which will be hosted by India next week. It is also known that Russian President Vladimir Putin has already announced he to not attend the summit in person due to his country's "special military operation" in Ukraine.

People familiar with the development told PTI that it is almost certain that Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to skip the G20 summit in India next week and Premier Li Qiang is set to represent China at the conclave.

Also, the report said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has already conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his decision to not attend the summit in person as he has to focus on the "special military operation" in Ukraine.

Russia has been in an all-out war with Ukraine since February 2022. Putin did not attend the Bali summit of G20 in November last year due to the ongoing war.

The G20 countries comprise Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and European Union.

These 20 countries represent around 85% of the global GDP, over 75% of the global trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.

The G20 does not have a permanent secretariat or staff. Instead, the G20 Presidency rotates annually among the members and is selected from a different regional grouping of countries. The 19 member countries are therefore divided into five groups comprising a maximum of four countries each. Most of the groups are formed on a regional basis, that is countries from the same region are usually put in the same group.

For the year 2023, India is hosting G20 summits, which will be followed by Brazil in 2024 and South Africa in 2024.

In this G20 summit, socio-economic issues such as agriculture, anti-corruption, climate, digital economy, education, employment, energy, environment, health, tourism, trade and investment, will be discussed.

Last year, Boston University in its blog dated November 29, had highlighted key expectations from India's 2023 G20 Presidency. It said, as president, India will set the global economic governance agenda for the year, a unique opportunity for the country to shape the international policy discourse and align its national priorities with its global aspirations. In its first-ever global leadership role, India's long-awaited moment to lead and spearhead new policies at the negotiating table has arrived.