With dignitaries and guests started arriving at India for the G20 summit, Spain's President Pedro Sanchez has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be able to attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi.

President Sanchez said that he was feeling "fine", adding that Spain would be represented at the G20 Summit by First Vice President Nadia Calvino Santamaria and Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares.

"This afternoon I have tested positive for COVID and will not be able to travel to New Delhi for the G20 Summit. I feel fine. Spain will be magnificently represented by the First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation," he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

President Sanchez joins Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping as the third world leader to withdraw from the summit.