Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of the two-day G20 Summit slated to take place in Osaka on Friday. He will be meeting several world leaders, including US President Donald Trump. He will also hold a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the summit with Russian and Chinese Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, respectively.
PM Modi arrived in the Japanese city of Oaska earlier on Thursday. G20 summit is centred around the theme "Human-Centred Future Society" and will adopt a declaration. India has participated in all the G20 summits held so far and will host the summit in 2022 for the first time.
Besides India and the host Japan, other participants are the US, UK, European Union, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Russia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Korea, South Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
