Saudi Crown Prince may remain absent from G-20 summit

After Russian President Putin and Chinese President Jinping, now Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is also feared to not attend the G-20 summit. News agency ANI quoted Pakistani media The Nation as saying that the Crown Prince has canceled his visit to India for the G-20.

It was also said in media reports that after the summit, he will be on a state visit to India for a day on September 11. Just before this he was also going to go to Pakistan for a few hours. Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said – Bin Salman's visit to Pakistan has been postponed and its new dates will be announced soon.

Saudi Crown Prince also postponed his visit to Pakistan
The Nation reported that earlier the Crown Prince had also ruled out a visit to Pakistan. After this it was postponed after talking to the officials there. Bin Salman was to meet Caretaker PM Kakar and Army Chief Munir in Pakistan. Apart from this, the President of Russia has already refused to attend the G-20 summit.

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During a phone conversation with PM Modi on August 28, Putin had told that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would attend the summit in his place. Putin had not even gone to Johannesburg, South Africa for the BRICS Summit before. At the same time, there is doubt over Chinese President Xi Jinping coming to India. On Thursday, Reuters had reported in its report that Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang would be included in place of Jinping.

Fear of Jinping not attending G-20
Reuters quoted two Indian officials, a diplomat and an official of a G20 member country as saying that Jinping will not go to Indonesia even for the ASEAN Summit. However, on Thursday the US President had expressed hope that Jinping would reach India for the summit.

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Earlier in media reports it was said that Jinping may come to India to attend the summit. Hotel Taj Palace was also booked for Jinping and his delegation in Delhi. The President of China has made only 2 foreign visits this year. He has spent only 5 days outside the country. He attended the BRICS summit held in Russia in March for 2 days and South Africa in August for 3 days.

The Saudi Crown Prince had earlier visited India in 2019. Then he was the deputy prime minister of Saudi. If he were to visit India now, it would be his first visit as Prime Minister.