G20: PM Modi greets people at Bharat Mandapam after summit concludes

In a statement, the Canadian Prime Minister's Office said, "Upon our departure for the airport, we were made aware by the Canadian Armed Forces that CFC001 was experiencing technical issues."

"These issues are not fixable overnight, our delegation will be staying in India until alternate arrangements are made," it added. 

A report by news agency ANI citing airport officials said that the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plane had suffered some "technical snag" and that the Canadian delegation will stay in India till the engineering team on the ground rectifies the issue. 

US President Joe Biden said, "The partnership between India and the United States is rooted in Mahatma Gandhi’s principle of trusteeship – trusteeship that is shared between our countries and for our shared planet. Thank you, Prime Minister for bringing us here today."

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Any initiative to isolate Russia ‘bound to fail’, says Erdogan 

"A country like India being there on the UN Security Council, we would be proud. But as you now, the world is bigger than larger than five. And when we say the world is larger than five, what we mean is that it's not only about the US, UK, France, China and Russia...What we say is all of them, we should only have permanent members," said the Turkish president. 

"And it should work on a rotational system, because right now, you have all these members, 195 countries, who are all members of the UN. So we should have a rotational mechanism where potentially each and every member, every one of those 195 countries can potentially become a member. That's what we propose..."

"We recognise that India is an extraordinarily important economy in the world and an important partner to Canada on everything from fighting climate change to creating growth and prosperity for the citizens. There is always a lot of work to do and we will continue to do it," said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about India-Canada relations and his relation with PM Modi. 

"Firstly, I wish God’s mercy on our brothers who lost their lives and a speedy recovery to those injured in the strong earthquake that occurred in Morocco. In the name of my country and people, I hope all the people of Morocco gets better soon," said Erdogan. 

He added, "As a country that experienced the disaster of the century only six months ago, we are ready to help our Moroccan brothers with all our means."

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking about Khalistani extremism and "foreign interference," he said that "both the issues came up. Over the years, with PM Modi, we have had many conversations on both of those issues..."

He added, "Canada will always defend freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, and freedom of peaceful protest and it is extremely important to us.. at the same time we are always there to prevent violence and to push back against hatred." 

"I think on the issue of the community, it is important to remember that the actions of the few do not represent the entire community or Canada. The flip side of it, we also highlighted the importance of respecting the rule of law and we did talk about foreign interference...," said Trudeau. 

"India is our greatest trade partner in South Asia. And we have great potential to enjoy primarily in the field of economy and many others," said the Turkish president. 

Speaking about the Ukraine war and the UN-Turkey brokered Black Sea grain deal he said, "We believe that any initiative that isolates Russia is bound to fail. Its success is a very little possibility. We believe that any step that may escalate the tensions in the Black Sea should be avoided..."

For the support of global food security we need to "bring together the Food Supply Security Study Group, both Russia, Ukraine, as well as the United Nations, and with our stakeholders coming from the international community," for continuous talks. 

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi at the G20 Summit, President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "I thank India for a gracious and very successful term of presidency. I would like to thank PM Modi for the gracious hospitality that was shown to me, my spouse and my entire Turkish delegation...This year, our theme was one world, one family and one future." 

"And within the first session of the summit, we had talked about the environmental challenges that our planet currently encounters. Climate change, the loss of biological diversity and especially there is the dimension of extensive pollution is a trio of challenges which we can feel even more profoundly now..."

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said, "Over the years we have conversation of the issue ( Khalistani ) Canada always support freedom of expression but we are always against violence and spread of hatred. Few sections of community don't represent the whole community."

Speaking about the India-France ties, French President Macron said, "I think we (India-France) have a strong bilateral partnership... We had a very strong defence partnership and we strengthened this partnership, especially during the past 2 years. The visit of your PM during our Bastille Day, was a very critical moment."

He added, "French people were very proud and they felt the friendship and respect for your country... We will follow up on defence, we will develop and deploy on all the different parts of our defence roadmap,  additional contracts and procurements in the months and years to come..."

During a press conference, French president answering a question asked by WION about the upcoming India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor, said, "This is very important connectivity project going from India to many countries... first of all we committed financing...we will work together with the World Bank, EU (European Union), the US, Saudi Arabia, and Emirates to put money on this corridor." 

Speaking to the press during the G20 summit in New Delhi, French President Emmanuel Macron said, "We support a deep reform of global governance. Security Council but as well the World Bank and the IMF, they have to reflect today's reality in terms of demography and economy as well...That's why we want to replenish the World Bank and France is supporting that so that the emerging countries have a greater role to play..."

He also thanked Indian PM Modi and spoke about how "faithful to its principles India did its utmost for the G-20 presidency to serve unity and peace and send across the message of unity while Russia is still waging its aggression on Ukraine." 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is representing Moscow in place of President Vladimir Putin speaking about the Ukraine war said, "Everyone wants peace...About 18 months ago we agreed to sign a treaty about settling this conflict. We even initialled these documents. After that, the Anglo-Saxons ordered Zelenskyy not to sign it because they thought they would be able to reap some confessions from us."

He added, "President Putin has recently said that we do not mind negotiations however any such negotiations need to consider the realities on the ground and take into account the reasons that have been accumulating for decades upon decades due to NATO's aggressive policy...Right now the Ukrainian officials are threatening to physically destroy Russians..."

During a press conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaking about the G20 Leaders' declaration which was adopted in New Delhi, said "When they agreed to that, perhaps it was the voice of their conscience. Speaking frankly, we didn't expect that...Let me underline that we cannot isolate that paragraph (on Ukraine and Russia) from the rest of the work on the declaration." 

He added, "The main content of the declaration this year is all about the awakening of the Global South and the consolidation of the Global South that is truly willing for the G20 to work for its main goals..."

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the closing session of the G20 summit that 'the future will be digital'.

"As it has been described, AI has risks but also offers tremendous opportunities. The crucial question is how to harness a rapidly changing technology. It is telling that even the makers and inventors of AI are calling on political leaders to regulate," she said.

The spokesperson of Akshardham Temple, Brahmavihari Swami, told India Today that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed to the priests at the Delhi temple this morning that he wished to visit the temple on the day of Janmashtami, widely observed as day of birth of Hindu deity Lord Krishna. The priest reportedly told Sunak that it was pouring the day Krishna was born and it was pouring on September 10 as well, the day Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy paid respect at the temple. 

US President Joe Biden left New Delhi on Sunday morning, a day after the unanimous adoption of New Delhi declaration. Biden left after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.

He was sent off by Union Minister Rajeev Chandrsekhar from Palam Airport in Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, UK PM Rishi Sunak, Australian PM Anthony Albanese, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other Heads of state and government and Heads of international organisations are now paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi and laying a wreath.

India-Brazil-South Africa-USA Joint Statement on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.
 

"We, the Leaders of India, Brazil, South Africa, and the United States, met on the margins of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi to reaffirm our shared commitment to the G20 as the premier forum for international economic cooperation to deliver solutions for our shared world," the statement read.

"As the G20’s current and next three Presidencies, we will build on the historic progress of India’s G20 Presidency to address global challenges. In this spirit, together with the World Bank President, we welcome the G20’s commitment to build better, bigger, and more effective multilateral development banks. This commitment underscores what we can do, by working together through the G20, to support our people toward a better future," it added.
 

Regional Meteorological Centre in Delhi on Sunday predicted that light to moderate intensity rain with thunderstorms will continue over Delhi and adjoining areas. Although, this is highly likely to disrupt the proceedings of the G20 event.

8:15 am to 9 am (IST): Global leaders and heads of the delegations will arrive at Rajghat in individual motorcades.

9:00 am to 9:20 am: The leaders will then lay a wreath at Mahatma Gandhi's Samadhi. Also, a live performance of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite devotional songs is also planned.

9:20 am: Leaders and Heads of Delegations will then move to Bharat Mandapam's Leaders' Lounge (The G20 venue).

9:40 am to 10:15 am: Arrival of leaders and heads of delegation at Bharat Mandapam.

10:15am–10:30am: Tree planting ceremony at Bharat Mandapam's South Plaza.

10:30 am–12:30 pm: The third session of the summit, called 'One Future', will take place at the venue, followed by the adoption of the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration.