After Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping likely to skip G20 Summit in India. Will it affect the host country?
G20 Summit in India next week, instead of President Xi Jinping who is going to skip the conclave, said people familiar with the development on Saturday. “The Chinese President is not traveling to India for the G20 Summit. Premier Li is likely to represent China at the Summit," said one of the people cited above on the condition of anonymity.
However, Jinping's absence does not reflect anything about the host country as many leaders in the past skipped the G20 Summits for various reasons, they said as quoted by PTI. "There are some media reports that some heads of state may skip the G20 Summit in India. These things do not reflect anything about the host country," he added.
In addition, President Xi is also skipping the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and East Asia summits in Jakarta next week. The G20 Summit in Delhi will be held over two days, on September 9 and 10. The two-day summit will draw leaders and delegates from 40 countries, including the 20 member states.
Apart from Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin has already conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi his decision to not attend the summit in person as he has to focus on the "special military operation" in Ukraine. After attending the East Asia summit in Jakarta, the Chinese Premier is likely to travel to India. In 2021, Chinese President Xi did not travel to Italy to participate in the G20 summit due to China's COVID-19 restrictions, as per PTI reports.
However, it is pertinent to note that there is no official word either from China or from India on who will represent Beijing at the upcoming G20 summit. From 2008, there were 16 physical summits of the G20, and one virtual summit (Saudi Arabia, 2020). There were two summits each in
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