The International Convention Centre 'Bharat Mandapam' the venue for the upcoming G20 Summit scheduled to be held next month, pictured in New Delhi on August 31, 2023. - AFP
JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to skip next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, according to officials familiar with preparations for the meeting, a snub that’s likely to aggravate an already rocky relationship with India.
Tensions between China and India - the world’s two most populous countries - already threaten to prevent G-20 leaders from issuing a joint communique for the first time since the forum was created in 1999, according to separate people familiar with the situation. Xi’s non-attendance would be a further blow for the host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
