India will be the voice of the global South during the G20 Presidency

The effort would be to make consensus on key global issues more important through a broader consultation process, Jaishankar told a G20 university contact session on Thursday, the first measure of the Indian presidency of the intergovernmental grouping.

Addressing university students at the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan Institute of Foreign Service, the minister stressed that India’s G20 presidency would be “advisory, collaborative and decisive”.

India assumed the interim presidency of the G-20 on Thursday with various events including the lighting of 100 monuments bearing the bloc’s emblem to mark the occasion.

During the G20 Presidency, from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023, the country will host more than 200 meetings of this intergovernmental forum and the Summit of Heads of State and Government is scheduled for September 9-10, 2023 in New Delhi.

The group consists of 19 countries, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the United States, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the Union European.

This group accounts for 85 percent of global GDP, 75 percent of international trade and two-thirds of the world’s population, which is why it is considered the main forum for international economic cooperation. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an article published by several newspapers that his country will work to promote a global sense of unity in the G-20 under the slogan “Vasudeva Kutumbakam”, which means “One Earth, One Family, One Future”. .

India will offer its experiences, learnings and models as possible templates for others, particularly the developing world, and will promote sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyles based on its tradition of caring for nature.

The president added that his country will try to depoliticize global supplies of food, fertilizers and medical products so that geopolitical tensions do not lead to humanitarian crises.

It will also encourage an honest conversation among the most powerful nations about mitigating the dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction and improving global security.

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