The Summit will witness extensive discussions on pressing global challenges. The Prime Minister will be interacting with various world leaders during the Summit,” his office said in a tweet. Modi, who received a traditional and colourful welcome upon his arrival at the airport here, said he look forward to having discussions with world leaders on the global issues during his visit.

“During the Bali summit, I will have extensive discussions with other G-20 leaders on key issues of global concern, such as reviving global growth, food and energy security, environment, health and digital transformation,” Modi had said ahead of his departure from Delhi. Modi said that he will meet with leaders of several other participating countries on the sidelines of the G-20 summit and review the progress in India’s bilateral relations with them.

Modi will have separate bilateral meetings with a number of leaders on the sidelines of the summit but it was not immediately clear if a separate meeting between Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who arrived in Bali earlier in the day, is in the works. If it takes place, it would be the first one-on-one interaction between Modi and Xi since the border clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in June 2020. At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand in September, the two did cross paths.

In Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that maintaining sound relations is in the fundamental interest of both China and India and their peoples. Modi will participate in the summit’s session on Health on Tuesday, and another on Food and Energy Security, where there is a likelihood of the leaders discussing the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine.