(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: India at G20 Summit 2019

Topic: India at G20 Summit 2019

Guest:

Vishnu Prakash, (Former Ambassador)
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, (Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times)
Maj. Gen. Dhruv C. Katoch (Retd., Director, India Foundation)

Topic Description:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Japan's Osaka, their first meeting after PM Modi's reelection in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. PM Modi and Preisdent Trump touched upon a range of issues, including various bilateral and global issues including Iran, trade, defence and 5G communications networks. The one-on-one talks were held after PM Modi, Trump and Shinzo Abe met for the Japan-America-India trilateral. Soon after the meeting with Donald Trump, PM Modi held a meeting with BRICS leaders and spoke about strengthening WTO, fighting protectionism, ensuring energy security and the need to work together to fight terrorism. The G20 is an international financial forum comprising 19 nations and the European Union. It focuses on pressing financial and economic issues, seeking to address issues that go beyond the responsibilities of any one organisation.