The White House is gearing up to host one of the biggest political shows in the eight year stay of President George W Bush by organising the G-20 summit where the top world leaders are expected to participate.
"The summit is a too serious a matter for posturing. There is no time for posturing. The shoe is really pinching," a senior official speaking on background maintained stressing the fact that each of the representative country is going to speak for itself.
"There is not going to be a group view," the official maintained making the point that each country is on its own capacity.
Besides, twenty world leaders, the heads of the World Bank Group, the IMF, the chair of the Global Financial Stability Forum, the President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon will also attend the summit.
The dinner scheduled at the White House on Friday is said to be a "brainstorming" session. Simultaneously, the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will be hosting a dinner for Finance Ministers, the Sherpas (advisors) and Finance Deputies.
New Delhi will be represented by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Secretary for Economic Affairs Ashok Chawla will accompany the Prime Minister.