Despite absence of Putin and Xi and fears countries could fail to agree a joint communique, summit affords president valuable geopolitical clout
As some of the world’s most powerful leaders, Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden among them, descend on India’s capital this weekend for the G20 leaders’ summit, a frantic, and to some controversial, beautification effort has been in force.
The messaging of the campaign has been forthright: that under Modi, India has become a global player to be reckoned with and the prestige of the, and its array of important foreign guests, will be India’s moment to show this off to the world. “I attended the first seven summits, and I’ve never seen so much publicity,” said Sheel. “But the G20 is more about multilateral outcomes and I would have hoped there will be there would have been greater focus on that. There is currently a question mark over the success of India’s presidency because it might be the first summit where there is not an agreement.
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