New Delhi: The second day of the G20 summit begins with the world leaders visiting Rajghat in the national capital. PM Modi received several heads of state and delegates at Rajghat where all of them paid floral tributes to Mahatama Gandhi. At the same time, the leaders also witnessed a special live performance of Mahatma Gandhi’s cherished devotional songs.
The 18th G20 Summit represents the culmination of a year-long series of G20 processes and meetings involving ministers, senior officials, and civil societies.
Notably, the theme of this year’s G20 Summit, is Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam or “One Earth – One Family – One Future”, is drawn from the ancient Sanskrit text of the Maha Upanishad.
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- Heads of state and government and Heads of international organizations pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi and lay a wreath at Delhi’s Rajghat.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, UK PM Rishi Sunak, Australian PM Anthony Albanese, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Premier of the People’s Republic of China Li Qiang, Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, President of the Union of Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union Azali Assoumani, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Argentina Alberto Fernández, the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, World Bank President Ajay Banga, DG World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom, Minister of Economy of United Mexican States, Raquel Buenrostro Sánchez, President of Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, and other leaders and delegates observe a minute of silence and lay a wreath at Delhi’s Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi.