As G20 Summit Nears, Centre Allocates Reception Duties To Ministers of State. Details

Ministers of State have been asked to receive the foreign leaders who will arrive in New Delhi over the next two days.

As Delhi gears up for the G20 Summit, putting the last-minute touch to all preparations, the Central government on Thursday allocated duties to various Union Ministers of State for the reception of foreign dignitaries. According to news agency ANI, the Foreign Secretary provided a detailed briefing to the council of ministers and Ministers of State regarding these responsibilities.

Here are the planned receptions for some of the prominent leaders attending the G20 Summit:

• US President Joe Biden will be greeted by Minister of State VK Singh on September 8 at approximately 6:55 PM.
  
  


• British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is scheduled to be received by Minister of State Ashwini Choubey at 1:40 PM.
  
  


• Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be welcomed by Minister of State Darshana Jardosh at 12:30 PM.
  
  


• Minister Ashwini Choubey will also extend greetings to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at 2:15 PM.
  
  


• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will receive a warm welcome from Minister of State Shobha Karadlaje at 6:20 AM.
  
  


• Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to arrive and be greeted by retired General VK Singh at 7:45 PM.
  
  


• UAE President HH Shaikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be welcomed by Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai upon his arrival in the national capital at 8 PM.
  
  


• Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's arrival at 6:15 PM will be marked with a reception hosted by Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

Leaders of Germany and France are expected to arrive on September 9.

• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will land at 8 AM and will be welcomed by Minister of State Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma.
  
  


• French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to arrive at 12:35 PM and will be received by Minister of State Anupriya Patel.

The G20 Summit will see participation from several nations, including Nigeria, Argentina, Italy, the African Union (represented by Comros), South Africa, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Korea, Egypt, Australia, the United States, Canada, China, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, Spain, Germany, France, Mauritius, the European Union, and Singapore. The summit is being presided over by India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.