Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed for unity to resolve prevailing geopolitical tensions at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting being held in the Indian capital of New Delhi.

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Edited by| ANNA SAM
world section - CJ journalist
2, March 2023 - New Delhi

 

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   India holds the Presidency of the G20 from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023. The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for international economic cooperation. It plays an important role in shaping and strengthening global architecture and governance on all major international economic issues.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during the summit meeting that the world looks to G20 to deal with challenges of development, economic resilience, financial stability, corruption, terrorism, and food and energy security.

The PM revealed that India has selected the theme of "One Earth, One Family, One Future" for its G20 presidency, which signals the need for unity of purpose and unity of action.

"I hope that your meeting today will reflect this spirit of coming together for achieving common and concrete objectives," he said.

"You are meeting at a time of big global divisions. Naturally, this foreign ministers' meeting will be affected by the geopolitical tensions of the day. We all have our positions and perspectives as to how this tension should be resolved," said Modi.

The Group of Twenty (G20) comprises 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and United States) and the European Union. The G20 members represent around 85% of the global GDP, over 75% of the global trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.