'All eyes on...': What Gita Gopinath said after meeting PM Modi at G20 summit

G20 summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met IMF's Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Gita Gopinath of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the sidelines of the G20 meeting of world leaders in Indonesia’s Bali.

“Enriching interaction with @KGeorgieva and @GitaGopinath,” PM Modi tweeted, sharing a photo of the his meeting with Gopinath and Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of IMF.

“Excellent exchange with Prime Minister @narendramodi. All eyes on India’s G20 Presidency,” Gita Gopinath tweeted, responding to PM Modi.

Excellent exchange with Prime Minister @narendramodi. All eyes on India’s G20 Presidency. https://t.co/evaRfX6uWJ

— Gita Gopinath (@GitaGopinath) November 15, 2022

Gopinath also shared her photos with French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Indian-American Gopinath took over as IMF’s first deputy managing director on January 21 after her role as the fund’s first woman Chief Economist.

On the sidelines of the G20 summit, PM Modi had informal interactions with US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Macron and several other global leaders on Tuesday.

It was the first face-to-face interaction between PM Modi and Sunak since the latter assumed power last month.

"Prime Ministers @narendramodi and @RishiSunak in conversation during the first day of the @g20org Summit in Bali," the Prime Minister’s Office said in another tweet.

In his address, PM Modi said that climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, the developments in Ukraine and the global problems associated with it have caused havoc in the world and rued that the global supply chains are in "ruins".

India will assume G20 Presidency for one year, beginning December 1, 2022. The G20 comprises 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the USA and the European Union (EU).