Chinese President Xi Jinping likely to skip G20 Summit in India: Report
Reuters citing two Indian officials, including a diplomat stationed in China and another official from a different G20 nation, have indicated that Premier Li Qiang is projected to attend the New Delhi meeting on September 9-10 as a representative of Beijing. The G20 summit scheduled in India was seen as a potential opportunity for Chinese President Xi Jinping to engage with US President Joe Biden, who has already confirmed his participation.
This event was considered significant as both major powers aimed to mend their relations strained by various trade and geopolitical conflicts. Also Read: China includes Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin in new ‘standard map’ Xi's most recent interaction with Biden occurred during the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, in November of the previous year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has conveyed his decision not to attend the New Delhi summit in person, opting to send Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as his representative instead. Also Read: Can China's stamp duty cut on stock trades accelerate FII outflows from India? Experts weigh in One senior government official from host India told Reuters that “we are aware that the premier will come", in place of Xi.
According to information from two foreign diplomats in China and a government representative from another G20 nation, it is probable that Xi Jinping will not be making the trip to the summit. Reuters reported that these sources within China, two of whom mentioned that they received this information from Chinese officials, expressed that they lacked knowledge regarding the specific cause behind his potential nonattendance.
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