Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 6: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday that during the impending Parliament-20 meeting of the G20 nations’ presiding officers scheduled here next week, India will discuss all problems with the Canadian speaker of the Senate.
The P20 Summit, which will take place at the India International Convention and Expo Centre (Yashobhoomi) in Dwarka from October 13 to 14, will host the presiding officers of 25 countries, as well as 10 deputy speakers from G20 member countries and invitee countries.
A Parliamentary Forum will take place before the Summit on October 12.
On October 13, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20).
Speaker of the Senate Raymonde Gagne will represent Canada at the P20 Summit.
After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implicated Indian agents in the June murder of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, relations between India and Canada have been severely strained.
When questioned about whether the issue of using the Canadian Parliament to make allegations against India would be brought up with the Canadian presiding officer, Birla stated “We will discuss issues that have been listed for the summit. Other issues will be discussed informally.”
The two-day summit is expected to draw more than 350 delegates, including 50 members of parliament, 14 general secretaries, 26 vice presidents, the president of the International Parliamentary Union, and the president of the Pan-African Parliament.
“The main theme of the 9th P20 is proposed to be ‘Parliaments for One Earth, One Family, One Future’,” Birla said.
The P20 Summit will have four sessions on “Transformation in People’s Lives through Public Digital Platforms”, “Women-led Development”, “Accelerating SDGs” and “Sustainable Energy Transition”, he said.
“A pre-summit event, namely Parliamentary Forum on Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE), will be held on October 12 at Yashobhoomi. An exhibition titled ‘Mother of Democracy’ will also be organised to highlight India’s ancient and participative democratic traditions,” Birla said.
In addition, the P20 delegates will be given a tour of the new Parliament building. The speaker will then host a cultural evening and dinner afterwards.
