The Congress said on Friday (November 21, 2025) that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “safely and securely” attending the G20 summit because the U.S. President Donald Trump had chosen to boycott it.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary (communication), Jairam Ramesh wanted to know, if “huglomacy” with “my good friend” would be revived at the next summit of the grouping in America.
Prime Minister Modi embarked on a three-day visit to South Africa on Friday to attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg.
Avoiding Trump
“The Prime Minister is attending the G20 Summit in South Africa today and tomorrow. He is doing so safely and securely since President Trump and the US are boycotting the summit. Recall that Mr. Modi didn’t go to Kuala Lumpur a few days back for the India-ASEAN Summit since he would then have to come face-to-face with President Trump,” Mr. Ramesh said on X, adding, “It is extraordinary that the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the US opposes South Africa’s G20 themes of solidarity, equality, and sustainability on the grounds that they amount to anti-Americanism.”
