Friday, September 6, 2013

2013 G-20 Russia Summit Sep 5 - 6 ,2013

The 2013 G-20 Russia summit will be the 8th Meeting of the G-20 Heads of Govt.

The Participating Leaders are -

1)Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
2)Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr
3)Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

4)Canadian PM Stephan Harper
5)China's President Xi Jinping
6)French President Francois Hollande

7)Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel
8)India's PM Dr.Manmohan Singh
9)Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
10)Italy's PM Enrico Letta
11)Japan's PM Shinzo Abe

12)Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto
13)Russia's President Vladimir Putin
14)Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah
15)South Africa's President Jacob Zuma
16)South Korea's President Park Geun-hye
17)Turkey's PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan
18)UK's PM David Cameron

19)USA's President Barack Obama

20)Herman Van Rompuy,President of the EU Council
21)Jose Manuel Barroso,President of the EU Commission

Venue

Constantine Palace,St Peterburg,Russia

Duration of the Summit

September 5 -6,2013

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia

With the world focused on the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon and Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi reiterated to leaders attending the St. Petersburg for the Group of 20 (G20) summit the need to “push even harder” for a political solution to end the bloodshed in the war-torn Syria

Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama at the G-20 Summit Meeting

President Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin shook hands, smiled and made small talk about the scenery on Friday — a public exchange of pleasantries belying a tense relationship that only seems to be getting worse.

With tensions mounting over issues including Syria, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, and human rights, Obama and Putin did not plan to hold a formal bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 gathering. A formal greeting outside St. Petersburg’s Constantine Palace was their only planned one-on-one public appearance

The two leaders, both smiling, greeted each other with a handshake

The U.S. president was the only leader who used his own official vehicle for the arrival, opting not to use the summit-issued Mercedes the other 19 leaders used.

PM Dr Manmohan Arrives Wednesday Sep 4,2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur being welcomed by Indian Ambassador to Russia, Ajai Malhotra and his wife Ira on their arrival at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia on Wednesday for the 8th G20 Summit.

Barack Obama rejects G20 pressure to abandon Syria air strike plan

U.S. President Barack Obama resisted pressure on Friday to abandon plans for air strikes against Syria and enlisted the support of 10 fellow leaders for a "strong" response to a chemical weapons attack
He persuaded nine other G20 nations plus Spain to join the United States in signing a statement calling for a strong international response

Russia will help if Syria is attacked: Vladimir Putin

Asked at a post-summit press conference if Russia will continue to support the Syrian government in the event of a U.S. military strike Vlaidmir Putin said: “Will we help Syria? We will. We are already helping, we’re sending arms [and] cooperating in the economic sphere. I hope we will expand our cooperation in the humanitarian sphere, including relief aid to support civilians who have found themselves in a very dire situation in that country.”

There was no joint statement on Syria, despite a 20-minute one-on-one talk between Obama and Putin on the sidelines of the summit on Friday Sep 5,2013

India's PM Dr Mnamohan Singh told that India opposes any military action against Syria that is not sanctioned by the UN Security Council

fellow G-20 leaders in Russia that India opposes any military action against Syria that is not sanctioned by the UN Security Council, Kyodo news reported, citing Indian media

Read more at: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/where-g20-members-stand-on-us-military-action-against-syria/420209-2.html?utm_source=ref_article

fellow G-20 leaders in Russia that India opposes any military action against Syria that is not sanctioned by the UN Security Council

Read more at: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/where-g20-members-stand-on-us-military-action-against-syria/420209-2.html?utm_source=ref_article

G-20 leaders at the family photo session at G20 Summit in Strelna, St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday Sep 5