Biden to visit India from Sept 7-10 for G20 summit
Hindustan TimesUS President Joe Biden will travel to India from September 7-10 to attend the G20 Leaders' summit, thus confirming the Hindustan Times newsbreak earlier this month. He along with other G20 partners will discuss joint efforts to tackle global issues including clean energy transition and combating climate change, mitigating economic and social impacts of Ukraine war and increasing the capacity of multilateral development banks including the World Bank to better fight poverty, the White House said on Tuesday. During his visit to New Delhi, the US President will also commend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership of G20 and “reaffirm the US commitment to the G20 as the premier forum of economic cooperation, which includes hosting it in 2026”. A joint statement of India and US had said that Biden applauded New Delhi's leadership in its ongoing G20 presidency, which 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 achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and lay the foundation for strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth”.