White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre said that President Joe Biden will attend the G-20. He said US President Biden looks forward to supporting India's G20 presidency, including on current food and energy security challenges while continuing our efforts to build the economy.
India will take over the presidency of the G-20
India will formally take over the presidency of the G-20, a group of the world's most economically prosperous countries, for one year from Thursday. During this time India will have a unique opportunity to contribute to the global agenda on issues of international importance. The G-20 is a major forum for international economic cooperation, representing 85 percent of global GDP, more than 75 percent of world trade, and two-thirds of the world's population.
G-20 meeting will be held next year
During the presidency of G-20, India will organize about 200 meetings at 55 places in the country. The G-20 summit to be held next year will be one of the highest-level meetings hosted by India. It may be known that the first meeting of the G-20 will be held in Udaipur in the first week of December. Before this, PM Modi had launched the logo, theme, and website of the G-20 under the chairmanship of India at the beginning of November. The lotus flower in its logo is a symbol of India's ancient heritage, faith, and ideology.
Monuments will be illuminated
With India assuming the presidency of the G-20, a hundred monuments protected by the central government, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites, will be illuminated for a week. These monuments include Humayun's Tomb and Old Fort in Delhi, Modhera Sun Temple in Gujarat, Sun Temple in Odisha, Sher Shah's Tomb in Bihar and ruins and ancient structures of Nalanda University in Rajgir and other monuments, Metcalf Hall in Kolkata, the capital of Bengal and Mudra Bhavan, Basilica of Balm Jesus and Church of Lady of Rosary in Goa, Tipu Sultan's Palace and Gol Gumbaz in Karnataka and Sanchi Buddhist Monuments and Gwalior Fort in Madhya Pradesh.
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