Trudeau landed shortly after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Bali

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BADUNG – Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau arrived in Bali to attend the G20 summit. The VIP plane carrying Trudeau landed at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali around 3:25 p.m. WITA.

Trudeau landed shortly after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Bali at around 3 p.m. The Canadian Prime Minister came to Bali after attending the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which was held from November 10-13.

The heads of state and government of the G20 members must land in Bali until Monday evening. Several heads of state landed in Bali today except for Trudeau and Xi Jinping, namely Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Prime Minister Albanese tweeted via a verified account that he would hold meetings with Indonesia, China, France, India and the UK. “Leaders of the world’s largest economies will meet at the G20 in Bali to find solutions to common challenges,” @AlboMP tweeted.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida came to Bali in the early hours of Monday. Indonesia is to hold a bilateral meeting with Japan today.

Meanwhile, United States President Joe Biden and President Yoon Suk Yeol have been in Bali since Sunday (11/13/2022) evening. President Joko Widodo and President Biden are also due to have a bilateral meeting today.

At least 17 Heads of State and Government will attend G20 Summit 17 at Apurva, Kempinski Hotel, Bali. Indonesia’s G20 Presidency is themed “Recover Together, Recover Stronger” with three main agendas, namely Global Health Architecture, Digital Transformation and Sustainable Energy Transition. The G20 is a strategic forum in which the countries with the largest economies in the world participate.