Posted by: Published on – Mon, 14 Nov 22 at 02:15pm
“During the G20 summit, I will meet with the leaders of several other participating countries to review the progress of India’s bilateral relations with them,” Prime Minister Modi said ahead of his official visit.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi started a three-day visit to Bali on Monday to attend the 17th G20 (Group of Twenty) leaders’ summit. During the visit, the prime minister is expected to hold bilateral talks with G20 leaders.
Ahead of his official visit, Prime Minister Modi said, “During the G20 summit, I will meet with the leaders of several other participating countries and review the progress made in India’s bilateral relations with them.” This G20 summit is particularly special because India will hold the presidency of the G20 summit for a period of one year from December 1, 2022, and the rotating presidency will be held during the Bali summit.
The prime minister also said he would hold extensive discussions with other G20 leaders on key issues of global concern such as revitalizing global growth, food and energy security, environment, health and digital transformation, the statement said.
During the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks on key issues of global concern under the summit theme of “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”.
“In an important moment for our country and our citizens, Indonesian President Joko Widodo will hand over the G20 Presidency to India at the closing ceremony of the Bali Summit. India will officially assume the G20 Presidency on December 1, 2022. I also G20 members and other invitees will be personally invited to next year’s G20 summit.
Prime Minister Modi also said that during his interactions at the G20 summit, he will highlight India’s achievements and our strong commitment to address global challenges together. India’s G20 presidency will use the theme ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ or ‘One Planet One Family One Future’, emphasizing messages of equitable growth and a shared future.
The Bali summit, scheduled for November 15-16, includes three leadership-level working sessions in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present. These include sessions on food and energy security, digital transformation and health.
In a special news conference on Sunday, Foreign Secretary Vinay Quatla said the deliberations at the G20 had taken on greater prominence in the current global economic and political context.
The world is currently grappling with many important challenges, he said, in addition to existing environmental challenges, lack of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the pandemic. The ongoing conflict in the countries of the Global South, Europe and its knock-on effects, such as food security challenges, energy crises and inflation for all countries in the world,” Kwatra said.
G20 leaders will discuss these challenges and stress the importance of strengthening multilateral cooperation to help overcome them. As the new presidency, India has been actively involved in the past and has been actively engaging with all G20 countries and participants throughout this year during Indonesia’s presidency.
“Our position is to stand firmly in support of Indonesia, which, as the presidency, has shown strong leadership in ensuring that issues of substantive interest to the world are discussed on the G20 platform. The G20 summit program also includes a visit by the leaders to the so-called Indonesian language, Taman Hutan Raya , a mangrove forest in Bali, November 16.
“As you know, mangroves are an important refuge for coastal biodiversity, a biological barrier against extreme climatic events and an important carbon sink. India’s own mangroves cover a large area and are the most biodiverse in the world One of the countries. We also recently agreed to join the Global Mangrove Alliance jointly launched by Indonesia and the UAE,” Kwatra said.
