NEW DELHI, INDIA – India, the incoming President of the Group of Twenty (G-20), Monday announced that it will invite the UAE as one of the “guest countries” to the G-20 summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 next year.
This is the first of a series of announcements being made by India preparatory to its assumption of the G-20 Presidency on December 1, 2022.
India’s Presidency will last until November 30, 2023.
The G-20 is made up of 19 countries plus the European Union (EU).
Its member countries are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and the USA.
“India, as G-20 Presidency, will be inviting Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and the UAE as guest countries to the New Delhi Summit,” the announcement said.
India will also invite the International Solar Alliance, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure and the Asian Development Bank as guest international organizations.
“In addition to G-20 members, there has been a tradition of the G-20 Presidency inviting some guest countries and international organizations to its G-20 meetings and Summit,” India’s Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said.
“Under its Presidency, India is expected to host over 200 meetings related to G-20 across the country, beginning December 2022,” he said.
Collectively, the G-20 accounts for 85 percent of global GDP, 75 percent of international trade and two-thirds of the world population, making it “the premier forum for international economic cooperation.”
The New Delhi Summit will be a major international event in the next calendar year.
In addition to 20 of the Group’s members, nine guest countries of its choice and three international organizations, the Indian Presidency hopes to have at the Summit the following regular invitees.
These are the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Financial Stability Board and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development plus the Chairs of three regional organizations: African Union, the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the Association of South East Asian Nations.