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Category: International Summits

Environment Ministerial Meeting of G20 held

September 17, 2020
Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit to prepare an action plan against COVID-19
  • The Environment Ministerial Meeting (EMM) of the G20 countries was held through video conferencing under the Presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Union Environment, Climate Change and Forest Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar represented India in the meeting.

IBSA Foreign Ministers’ Virtual Meeting

September 17, 2020
IBSA
  • External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India, Shri S. Jaishankar, chaired the customary meeting of IBSA Foreign Ministers through video conferencing. During the meet, India, Brazil and South Africa emphasized the need for the international community to redouble efforts to achieve tangible progress for accelerated and comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council.

10th Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Group Meeting held

September 16, 2020
India-US
  • The Indian and U.S. Defense Delegations virtually conducted 10th Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Group Meeting with an aim to bring sustained leadership focus to the bilateral defense trade relationship and create opportunities for co-production and co-development of defense equipment.

27th ASEAN regional forum held

September 13, 2020
27th ASEAN regional forum
  • The 27th ASEAN regional forum held recently and the Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan represented India. He stated that India will co-chair ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) workshops on port security and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers

September 11, 2020
G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers
  • On September 10, 2020 the Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar addressed the virtual meeting of G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers.

SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting

September 10, 2020
SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting
  • Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar is currently attending the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) in Moscow, Russia.
  • This is the third Council of Foreign Ministers meeting that India will be attending as a full member of SCO. While the first meeting was in Beijing in April 2018, the second was in Bishkek in May 2019.

10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting

September 10, 2020
10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting
  • The 10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting was held via video conference and was attended by the Foreign Ministers of the East Asia Summit (EAS) participating countries. It was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Pham Bin Minh. The Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on September 9, 2020, attended the event.