US President Joe Biden To Visit India From September 7-10 For G20 Summit In Delhi

American President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit India to attend a summit of the Group of 20 nations from September 7 to 10,  White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told a briefing on Tuesday. Without laying out many details, Sullivan said Biden will hold a number of bilateral meetings in India in the backdrop of the G20.

“This is gonna be a big year. Of course, India is hosting the G-20. This year, the United States is hosting APEC. Japan is hosting the G7. We have lots of our QUAD members who are taking on leadership roles. And it provides opportunities for all of us to bring our countries closer together,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Donald Lu, told news agency PTI in an interview on Thursday.

“I know our President is looking forward to travelling to India in September. That will be his first trip to India as part of the G-20 Leaders Summit. We're really excited about what's to come in the next few months,” he said.

The G-20 Summit is set to take place in India next month, in September. It is an intergovernmental forum of the world's 20 major developed and developing economies, making it the premier assembly for international economic cooperation.

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's State visit to the US in June, President Biden said he was looking forward to the G20 Summit in September in New Delhi.

“He (Biden) applauded India’s leadership in its ongoing G20 Presidency, which has brought renewed focus on strengthening multilateral institutions and international cooperation to tackle global challenges such as climate change, pandemics, fragility and conflict, along with work to accelerate the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and lay the foundation for strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth,” a joint statement India and the US said.

India’s G20 presidency began on 1 December 2022. The formal handover ceremony was held in which the G20 Presidency gavel was transferred from Indonesian President Joko Widodo to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the close of the Bali summit. Indonesia held the presidency in 2022.