Key Facts

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Atlanta, United States, on 1 November 2026 ahead of the G20 leaders' summit to be held in Miami, Florida, on 14-15 December. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in continued dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the Ukraine war, including at the SCO summit in Bishkek in August and the BRICS summit in New Delhi in September, and that he himself held consultations in Moscow in August. He stressed that no problem has a military solution and that the G20 should help stop conflicts and ensure unhindered cargo shipping in the Black Sea to protect food and energy supplies.

GK Context

The G20, formed in 1999 after the Asian financial crisis, brings together 19 countries, the European Union and the African Union, which became a permanent member at the New Delhi summit in 2023. The G20 presidency rotates among members; India held it in 2023, South Africa hosted the 2025 summit in Johannesburg, the first on African soil, and the United States holds the 2026 presidency. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, in which India is a full member since 2017, held its summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.