G20 Meeting: one of the largest gatherings, says foreign secretary, Kwatra

The G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting, which is scheduled to take place from March 1, 2023 in New Delhi under India’s Presidency is “one of the largest gatherings of foreign ministers hosted by any G20 Presidency.”

During the special briefing, the Foreign Secretary, Vinay Kwatra on G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, said that, “It is one of the largest gatherings of foreign ministers hosted by any G20 Presidency.”

The meeting is scheduled to take place in Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Center. A total of 40 delegations including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, France, Germany, India as host, Indonesia both as immediate past president and ASEAN chair, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, UK, US are expected to be present in the meeting

Apart from aforesaid nation’s, a total of 9 guest countries who will be participating in the event at the level of FMs are Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and the UAE.

In a statement, Kwatra said, “Besides the participation of these countries which I said comprising of over 40 delegations, this would also include 13 international organisations. Surely, this is one of the largest gatherings of the FMs hosted by any G20 Presidency that we would privilege to host.”