India's G20 Presidency will be consultative, collaborative, decisive: Jaishankar
The Hindu
EAM Jaishankar said India’s G20 Presidency was taking place at a very critical moment in international affair
As India assumed the presidency of G20, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on December 1 said New Delhi’s endeavour would be to make consensus on key global issues more relevant through a wider process of consultation.
Addressing the G20 University Connect initiative, the first event of India’s presidency of the grouping, Mr. Jaishankar said it would also be India’s endeavour to emerge as the voice of the global south — comprising Asia, Africa and Latin America — that has to face the brunt of polarisation and conflict in the developed world.
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“As the mother of democracy, India’s G20 presidency will be consultative, it will be collaborative and it will be decisive,” he said addressing university students at the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan.
Students from several universities had joined the event virtually.
“Our G20 Presidency is taking place at a very critical moment in international affairs. It is particularly vital that world leaders focus on the right issues, especially those that affect the more vulnerable sections of the world,” Mr. Jaishankar said at the event that was attended by students from 75 universities across the country.
He said India would flag concerns on issues such as energy security, food security, access to healthcare, climate action and climate justice during the G20 presidency.
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