NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to undertake a slew of key trips as part of diplomatic outreach for 2020.Modi has been invited for the January-end Davos meet. The third informal summit in China is also scheduled for 2020 and so is a visit to Japan for the Indo-Japan annual summit.New Delhi is also planning a meeting with Pacific Island states in the Pacific region. While the Australian PM is expected next month, the Indo-Russia annual summit (20th edition) later in the year is expected to bring the Russian president. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is expected in India in the first half of the year for the summit that was postponed due to protests in Guwahati over the citizenship law. Towards end of year, India will also host SCO Heads of Government meet for the first time ever.

Source: Economic Times December 30, 2019 17:59 UTC