ADDRESSING THE opening session of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Brazil’s agenda centered on sustainable growth targets, noting that this strategy highlighted the considerations of the International South and took ahead the people-centric selections of the New Delhi G20 Summit. He additional underscored that the Indian G20 presidency’s name for “One Earth, One Household, One Future” continued to resonate on the Rio conversations. In the course of the Summit (November 18 and 19), the Prime Minister will put ahead India’s place on numerous points of worldwide significance and construct on the outcomes from the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration and Voice of the International South Summits which have been hosted by India previously two years.
Talking about India’s initiatives to cope with starvation and poverty, Modi famous that India had pulled 250 million folks out of poverty within the final 10 years and was distributing free foodgrains to 800 million folks within the nation. On India’s success in tackling meals safety, the PM emphasised that its strategy based mostly on ‘Again to Fundamentals and March to Future’ was yielding outcomes. He additional elaborated on measures taken by India to foster women-led growth.
The PM additionally highlighted the steps taken by India to strengthen meals safety in Africa and elsewhere. On this regard, he welcomed the Brazilian initiative to ascertain a ‘International Alliance towards Starvation and Poverty’, underlining that the International South was severely impacted by meals, gas and fertiliser crises created by the continued conflicts, and due to this fact, their considerations should be given primacy. “The people-centric selections taken on the G20 Summit in New Delhi have been taken ahead throughout Brazil’s Presidency,” he mentioned, including, “It’s a matter of nice satisfaction that we prioritised sustainable growth targets.”
Speaking about India’s success tales on this regard, he mentioned, “Over the past 10 years now we have lifted 250 million folks out of poverty. Over 800 million persons are being given foodgrains freed from price. Round 550 million persons are benefiting from the world’s greatest medical insurance scheme.”
India shouldn’t be solely guaranteeing meals safety but additionally specializing in diet, he mentioned, including that the nation is contributing to world meals safety. “We have now supplied humanitarian help to Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe lately,” he mentioned.
Modi additionally met outgoing United States President Joe Biden on the nineteenth G20 Summit. “With @POTUS Joe Biden on the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. All the time a delight to satisfy him,” PM Modi mentioned in a publish on X.
PM Modi additionally met UN Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres.
He additionally had an interplay with Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. “An exquisite interplay with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong of Singapore throughout the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro,” he posted on X.
Earlier, PM Modi thanked Brazilian President Lula da Silva for the nice and cozy welcome upon his arrival on the venue. “Trying ahead to the proceedings on the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Grateful to President Lula for the nice and cozy welcome,” he mentioned in a publish on X.
PM Modi additionally had a pull-aside assembly with Spanish President Pedro Sanchez. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Chinese language President Xi Jinping are additionally attending the summit in Brazil.
