India is going to assume the presidency of the G-20 countries for one year from 1 December, 2022, and during this period, there will be numerous meetings of different levels, including ministerial, Serpa or working groups, engagement groups, and seminars across the country on different subjects.
There will be about 200 meetings of different levels. So far, 55 cities have been selected for organising these meetings across the country. Among these, Gurugram in Haryana is also one of the cities where four to five meetings related to the G-20 summit will be held. A G-20 team of the Ministry of External Affairs visited Gurugram on Friday in this regard, in which it was discussed about the appropriate places for organizing meetings and short excursions with the concerned local officers.
The G-20 Summit team from the Ministry of External Affairs included Praveen Jakhar, Officer on Special Duty, Mahender Sehgal, Program Director from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Lakshmi Prabha, a G-20 Logistics Consultant.
In this high-level meeting held in the Conference Hall of the PWD Rest House, Gurugram, Additional Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, Delhi Dharmendra Singh, Chief Protocol Officer, Gurugram Vatsal Vashisht, City Magistrate Anu Shyokand, CEO of Zila Parishad from Faridabad Suman Bhankar, Zila Parishad Nuh CEO Pradeep Ahlawat, Joint Director of Tourism Department RP Kundu, Liaison Officer Rajendra Sharma and AGM Harvinder Singh, Cultural Officer from Art and Culture Department Hridya Kaushal, DCP East Virendra Vij, and many other officials were present.