g20 summit 2018

2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit
Host country = Argentina
Date = 2018
Cities = Buenos Aires
Participants = G20 members
Follows = 2017 G20 Hamburg summit

We thank Germany for hosting a successful Hamburg summit," it said after the summit, rocked by unprecedented violence as protestors clashed with riot police outside, "and look forward to meeting again in Argentina in 2018, in Japan in 2019 and in Saudi Arabia in 2020."

Under the terms of the revolving presidency G20 hosts can set the summit agenda and Germany this year used the opportunity to focus on developing partnerships with Africa.

In 2015, Turkey addressed how to tackle migration as the worst refugee crisis Europe has known since World War II threatened to overwhelm the region.

The 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit will be the thirteenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20). It will be held in 2018 in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina). It will be the first-ever G20 summit to be hosted in South America.

In Philippines, PM Narendra Modi meets President Donald Trump

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Philippines today as he began a foreign trip that will see him attend the 15th ASEAN-India Summit and 12th East Asia summit.

Soon after his arrival in the Filipino capital of Manila, PM Modi informally met a number of foreign leaders, including United States of America President Donald Trump, with whom the Prime Minister is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting tomorrow.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached Philippines capital Manila where he is scheduled to attend  ASEAN-India and East Asia summits along with other world leaders.  During the ASEAN summit issues like North Korea’s nuclear missile tests and China’s  military interference in the disputed South China are expected to come up for discussion, PTI said. He is also scheduled to meet a number of world leaders including US President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev, the agency added.

9:05 PM: Narendra Modi was seen chit-chatting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at the reception for the leaders who have arrived here for the 31st ASEAN summit and related meetings.

8:45 PM: There have been concerns over China’s growing military presence in the Indo-Pacific and the issue was understood to have figured in a meeting of officials from India, the US, Japan and Australia today under the proposed Quadrilateral coalition of the four countries, PTI said.

8:30 PM: Leaders of the 10-member ASEAN, China, Russia, Japan, Canada, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand arrived for a glitzy gala dinner where they were entertained by singers and dancers, Reuters said.

8:20 PM: “The South China Sea is better left untouched, nobody can afford to go to war. It can ill-afford a violent confrontation,” Reuters quoted him as saying further.

8:10 PM: “We have to be friends, the other hotheads would like us to confront China and the rest of the world on so many issues,” Duterte said as per Reuters.

7:55 PM: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte set the tone of cordiality ahead of the two days of summit meetings he will host, suggesting that despite their differences over claims to the South China Sea, the leaders should not discuss the issue, agency reported.

7:45 PM: Manila hosted the APEC summit two years ago. At that meeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won a Twitter poll with the hashtag #APEChottie that asked people to vote for the most attractive leader there, Reuters report said.

7:35 PM:  On Tuesday, Modi will attend the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits where he is likely to reassert India’s push for crafting a global approach to deal with growing challenge of terrorism and radicalisation besides pitching for steps to boost regional trade, PTI added.

7:25 PM: “PM @narendramodi had a warm and cordial conversation with the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Gala Dinner,” MEA
spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

7:15 PM: On Tuesday, Modi will attend the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits where he is likely to reassert India’s push for crafting a global approach to deal with growing challenge of terrorism and radicalisation besides pitching for steps to boost regional trade, the agency added.

7:05 pm: The menu of the gala dinner featured various Filipino cuisines including Filipino steak sushi, PTI said.

6:55 PM: The prime minister as well as all other leaders wore Barong Tagalong, an embroidered shirt which is the national dress of the Philippines. Renowned Filipino designer Albert Andrada has designed the shirts, PTI said.

6:43 PM: Hong Kong signed a free-trade pact and an investment deal with the ASEAN in agreents that it says are a vote against protectionism elsewhere, AP reported.

6:33 PM: PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe tomorrow. issues related to security scenario in the Indo-Pacific region may figure in meetings, reports PTI.

6:20 PM: This is PM Narendra Modi’s first visit to Philippines.

6:14 PM: Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke separately about the territorial rifts ahead of an annual summit of
Southeast Asian nations, AP reported.

6:06 PM: “If I can help mediate or arbitrate, please let me know… I am a very good mediator,” Dold Trump told Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang during today, as per news agency.

6:04 PM: US President Donald Trump has told his Vietnamese counterpart that he is ready to help resolve the dispute in South China Sea, AFP said.

6:00 PM: PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump to hold a bilateral meeting tomorrow at 1 pm.

5:50 PM: On the sidelines of the main events, Prime Minister Modi is likely to have a series of bilateral meetings with a number of leaders including US President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev.

5:45 PM: Prime Minister Modi meets Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Manila ahead of summit.