The summit opened with unfortunate tensions between the United States and the Philippines. After President Rodrigo Duterte has made offensive remarks about Barack Obama the latter canceled their meeting. Instead, Obama met with South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, to discuss recent security threat posed by another North Korean missiles launch. Duerete has already expressed his regret over the insulting remarks he made, yet, the incident is likely to overshadow the first day of the conference.

During the G20 summit India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has condemned international terrorism, pointing towards Pakistan for supporting it. He said that only 'one single nation in South Asia is spreading the agents of terror'. Modi’s remarks come undoubtedly as a response to the recent crisis in Kashmir. The Indian Prime Minister stated that his country has a zero policy for terrorism and urged the international community to follow suit. Modi expressed his appreciation for the G20s initiative to end the financing of terrorism, but added that all countries should meet the Financial Action Task Force standards. One day earlier Modi made a similar speech in a separate meeting with fellow members of the BRICK group.

American THAAD missile defense system will appear in South Korea before the end of 2017. The Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) opposes the placement of the US missile defense system THAAD in South Korea, which should stand on alert until the end of 2017. This was stated by President of China Xi Jinping during a meeting with the head of South Korea Pak Geun-hye on the sidelines of the summit, "Big Twenty» (G20) in Hangzhou. According to Xi Jinping, these measures will not contribute to ensuring strategic stability in the region, and on the other hand, can lead to the aggravation of existing conflicts on the Korean peninsula.

The South Korean military conducted a preliminary analysis of the missile launches that North Korea has made today. According to Seoul, ballistic missiles "Nodon" were launched. According to the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Korea today, at 12 hours and 14 minutes, North Korea has made the launch of three ballistic missiles. Volley was made from the province of North Hwange, in the west of the DPRK. Rockets also passed through the whole territory of the country to the east and fell into the waters of the East (Japan) Sea.

Reuters Tokyo reports that Japan might be seeking closer economic ties with Russia, as the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, is preparing for a visit to Vladivostok. It is one of the many trips Abe has already paid to Russia. This times he is going to take part business conference. Putin has not yet been to Tokyo since Abe took his office, but an exchaneg visit is planned for December. The Japanese are interested in improving economic relations with Russia in light of the growing Chiense power and an interest in Russia's natural rescources. 

Yesterday the US and India signed a milestone logistic agreement, known as LEMOA. It is a step towards increasing defense ties between the two countries. It has been India’s concern that the agreement would not include the stationing of American troops in its military bases. US Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, and Indian Defense Minister, Manohar Parrikar, initially reached an agreement in April, however, the details of it have been established only recently.