• Canadian PM Justin Trudeau refused Presidential Suite offered by India during G20 Summit, Opted for regular room

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    Canadian PM Justin Trudeau refused Presidential Suite offered by India during G20 Summit, Opted for regular room

    The Indian government had booked VVIP hotels for all the heads of state and delegates in Delhi.

    Digital Desk: During the G20 Summit in India, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to stay in the specially constructed presidential suite at The Lalit Hotel in New Delhi, leading concerns among Indian intelligence authorities.

    Sources claim that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a special presidential suite reserved for him at The Lalit Hotel in New Delhi, but he never used it. The Prime Minister of Canada spent his time in India in a regular hotel room instead.

    The Indian government had booked VVIP hotels for all the heads of state and delegates in Delhi.

    Security for all of the presidential apartments was handled by Delhi Police and other security agencies.

    Despite this, the Canadian prime minister stayed in a regular hotel room rather than the presidential suite.

    During the summit, the participants and leaders of the states stayed in more than 30 hotels in Delhi-NCR.

    While Chinese President Xi Jinping stayed in the Taj Palace, US Vice President Joe Biden stayed at the ITC Maurya Sheraton. According to sources, the G20 delegates were housed in nine hotels in the NCR and 23 hotels in Delhi overall.

    SECURITY SETTINGS

    To secure the safety of international visitors, central paramilitary forces, NSG commandos, and Delhi Police units were involved. Each security agency's commandos received a unique set of duties.

    Several meetings were organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs to talk about security plans. For the protection of G20 delegations, fifty teams of CRPF security guards were stationed.

    At the Greater Noida VIP Security Training Centre, the CRPF organised a squad of 1,000 soldiers to safeguard the safety of the foreign visitors to the G20 conference.