Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 Summit in Delhi. Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, is thought to have suffered a defeat in this. As the two nations are embroiled in a border dispute, the absence of Xi Jinping could potentially exacerbate tensions with India.
Xi Jinping, the president of China, will not attend the G20 summit for the first time since taking office in 2012. Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the G20 summit scheduled for September 9–10 in Delhi, according to Beijing, which had made the announcement. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, also made the decision to skip the G20 summit in Delhi.
Being absent from the G20 Summit, which brings together the world's largest economies, is likely to be considered as a defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi given that China is a major economic player and that his country is now at war with Ukraine.
In an effort to highlight India's anticipated global clout at a time when he has underlined "India being the growing economy," Prime Minister Narendra Modi will use the G20 Summit to do so in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
The absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Group of Twenty summit would not diminish its significance, according to India's Union Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar in an interview with news agency ANI.
Presidents and prime ministers have occasionally declined invitations to attend events for various reasons. He had said in the interview with ANI, "Whoever is the representative on that occasion is obviously reflecting that country and that country's position.
Despite having several conversations with PM Modi outside of international summits, including the recently concluded BRICS summit and the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia last year, China's Xi Jinping chose not to attend the G20 Summit. This could potentially exacerbate tensions with India because the two nuclear-armed neighbours are currently engaged in a border dispute.
The Kremlin has said that Putin is currently too "busy" to attend the G-20 conference and that his major priority is managing Russia's ongoing, more than a year-long war in Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, will be at the G20 Summit, according to a phone chat Putin held with PM Modi.
Since they launched a "special military operation" against Ukraine, which turned into a full-fledged conflict for over a year now, Russia and Vladimir Putin have drawn the ire of western countries, which has resulted in a number of harsh penalties and counter-sanctions on both sides.
India has chosen not to support either the West or Russia in this situation, much to the chagrin of the West. It kept tight connections with the US while refusing to participate in UN votes to condemn the conflict and refraining from backing US-led sanctions against Russia, which is still a significant supplier of weaponry and cheap energy.
In the meantime, India has positioned itself as a counterweight to China's escalating geopolitical and economic supremacy and has pushed the US and its allies for additional military technology transfers.
According to a Bloomberg story, the G-20 conference will have a lot of discussion regarding Russia's war in Ukraine. To broker a compromise like the one reached by Indonesia in November, PM Modi and his diplomats will need to be cautious, especially given the ongoing hostility between India and China, one of Russia's most important diplomatic allies.
According to Jaishankar, the final communique is being negotiated by G-20 diplomats.
"The clock has been ticking for some time," he remarked. "The clock didn't start ticking yesterday." "In a very challenging environment today, we have the responsibility. However, it's also challenging politically. There is a stark north-south separation, and the east-west polarisation is even more stark.
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