G20 Summit: US President heads off for Vietnam after concluding two-day event

US President Joe Biden left for Vietnam after he and several other G20 leaders paid homage at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat on Sunday morning. Biden’s stay at India On his first visit to India, the US president arrived in the national capital on Friday to attend the two-day G20 summit and held talks with Prime […]

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US President Joe Biden left for Vietnam after he and several other G20 leaders paid homage at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat on Sunday morning.

Biden’s stay at India

On his first visit to India, the US president arrived in the national capital on Friday to attend the two-day G20 summit and held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the same day. In their over 50-minute talks, Modi and Biden vowed to “deepen and diversify” the bilateral major defence partnership while welcoming forward movement in India’s procurement of 31 drones and joint development of jet engines.

Biden also participated in key sessions of the G20 Summit on Saturday.

More on Biden and G20 Summit

On Sunday, PM Modi welcomed global leaders to Rajghat, where they paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of the country. After the G20 Summit in India, Joe Biden departs for Vietnam. During the conference, which is being held at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre in New Delhi, the Prime Minister hosted the leaders of the world’s leading economies.

US President Joe Biden announced a new initiative to invest in economic corridors in low-and middle-income countries. The initiative is part of the Biden administration’s efforts to promote sustainable infrastructure and economic development around the world. He also put special emphasis on the One Earth, One Family, One Future. 

A magnificent dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu for around 400 guests at the G20 venue marked the end of the day. Modi welcomed the world leaders from the reception dais, which had the Bihar-based Nalanda University’s ruins as its backdrop.