Antalya (Turkey), Nov 16: Over 12,000 security personnel, drone detection equipments, 350 mobile cameras with license-plate recording and face-recognition systems were put in place for the security of G-20 country leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Barak Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin assembled here for a summiton Sunday.
Around 13,000 officials and 3,000 journalists from across the world are here for the 10th G-20 Summit.
The town of Belek has been declared a high-security Red Zone area and a virtual no-go zone for the non-delegates.
Markets and shops around the venue have been closed and thousands of barricades and security personnel are deployed on both sides of the roads leading to the venue.
No tourist is allowed to stay in the hotels in Belek during the Summit, which ends today.
At least 30 of the 46 hotels, equipped with bullet proof glasses, in the area have been designated as part of the Summit zone.
In addition to the local police force, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) are also on alert.
Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) and Turkish jet fighters are also protecting the venue.
The Turkish military has put in place an around-the-clock air defence system to prevent any possible missile or drone attacks.
Two indoor sports stadiums in Antalya have been turned into temporary police stations and one of the international arrivals terminals within the Antalya Airport has been allocated for G20 participants.
US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived here on Sunday to join other world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the meeting that would be dominated by talks on terror.
Modi reached late Saturday night from London after his three-day visit to the UK, tweeted he would “meet world leaders and discuss global economic and security issues”.
The official economic agenda is likely to be overshadowed by a series of intense meetings the world leaders will hold on the margins of the Summit on the Syrian civil war, the refugee crisis in Europe, the Paris attacks and the growing threat of the terror group ISIS.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim arrived here Saturdaynight besides Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy, Korean President Park Geun-hye, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, South African President Jacob Zuma and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
