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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden during the G20 Summit successful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday. (PTI)
ADDRESSING THE opening league of the G20 Summit successful Rio de Janeiro connected Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Brazil’s docket focused connected sustainable improvement goals, noting that this attack highlighted the concerns of the Global South and took guardant the people-centric decisions of the New Delhi G20 Summit. He further underscored that the Indian G20 presidency’s telephone for “One Earth, One Family, One Future” continued to resonate astatine the Rio conversations. During the Summit (November 18 and 19), the Prime Minister volition enactment guardant India’s presumption connected assorted issues of planetary value and physique connected the outcomes from the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration and Voice of the Global South Summits which were hosted by India successful the past 2 years.
Speaking astir India’s initiatives to woody with hunger and poverty, Modi noted that India had pulled 250 cardinal radical retired of poorness successful the past 10 years and was distributing escaped foodgrains to 800 cardinal radical successful the country. On India’s occurrence successful tackling nutrient security, the PM emphasised that its attack based connected ‘Back to Basics and March to Future’ was yielding results. He further elaborated connected measures taken by India to foster women-led development.
The PM besides highlighted the steps taken by India to fortify nutrient information successful Africa and elsewhere. In this regard, helium welcomed the Brazilian inaugural to found a ‘Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty’, underlining that the Global South was severely impacted by food, substance and fertiliser crises created by the ongoing conflicts, and therefore, their concerns ought to beryllium fixed primacy. “The people-centric decisions taken astatine the G20 Summit successful New Delhi person been taken guardant during Brazil’s Presidency,” helium said, adding, “It is simply a substance of large restitution that we prioritised sustainable improvement goals.”
Talking astir India’s occurrence stories successful this regard, helium said, “Over the past 10 years we person lifted 250 cardinal radical retired of poverty. Over 800 cardinal radical are being fixed foodgrains escaped of cost. Around 550 cardinal radical are benefiting from the world’s biggest wellness security scheme.”
India is not lone ensuring nutrient information but besides focusing connected nutrition, helium said, adding that the state is contributing to planetary nutrient security. “We person provided humanitarian assistance to Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe recently,” helium said.
Modi besides met outgoing United States President Joe Biden astatine the 19th G20 Summit. “With @POTUS Joe Biden astatine the G20 Summit successful Rio de Janeiro. Always a delight to conscionable him,” PM Modi said successful a station connected X.
PM Modi besides met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
He besides had an enactment with Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. “A fantastic enactment with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong of Singapore during the G20 Summit successful Rio de Janeiro,” helium posted connected X.
Earlier, PM Modi thanked Brazilian President Lula da Silva for the lukewarm invited upon his accomplishment astatine the venue. “Looking guardant to the proceedings astatine the G20 Summit successful Rio de Janeiro. Thankful to President Lula for the lukewarm welcome,” helium said successful a station connected X.
PM Modi besides had a pull-aside gathering with Spanish President Pedro Sanchez. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Chinese President Xi Jinping are besides attending the acme successful Brazil.
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