PM Modi Arrives in Japan for G20 Summit; To Meet Trump, Xi and Putin

G20 Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Osaka, Japan to attend the G20 Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Osaka, Japan to attend the G20 Summit. (Twitter)

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Osaka, Japan to attend the G20 Summit. There he will be the part of important plurilateral meetings and will meet with the world leaders including US President Donald Trump and his Chinese and Russian counterparts Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. This will be Prime Minister Modi's sixth G20 Summit which is being held at Osaka on June 28-29.

Early morning arrival in Osaka.

The #G20 Summit, bilateral and multilateral interactions await PM @narendramodi in the coming two days. He will elaborate on many issues of global importance and present India’s viewpoint. pic.twitter.com/13OStvVjbn — PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2019

PM Modi on his arrival in Japan was welcomed by the Indian community there.

Reached Osaka to join the #G20 Summit.

Grateful to the dynamic Indian community for the warm welcome! pic.twitter.com/BrPkl9VJqJ — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 27, 2019

In his departure statement, he said that issues such as women empowerment, artificial intelligence and common efforts to address challenges like terrorism will be high on his agenda."The summit will provide an important opportunity to reiterate and reinforce our strong support to reformed multilateralism, which is crucial for preserving rule-based international order in today's fast-changing world," Modi said. The summit, he said, will also be a platform for sharing India's strong developmental experience of the last five years, which provided the basis for a resounding mandate by the people of India to the government to continue on the path of progress and stability. He said the two-day Osaka summit will also be an important stepping stone for India towards hosting the G20 summit in 2022 "when we usher in a New India in the 75th anniversary year of our Independence".

Will be participating in the #G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. Various global issues including women empowerment, technology and achieving SDGs will be discussed. There would also be meetings with world leaders. https://t.co/shWleRmqYQ

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 26, 2019

On the sidelines, Modi said, he "looks forward to engaging with leaders of our major partner countries on important issues of bilateral and global importance. "I also look forward to host the next Russia, India and China (RIC) Informal Summit on the sidelines, and also to participate in the next informal meetings of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and JAI (Japan, America and India) leaders," he added.