India Strengthens Global Ties & Sustainability at G20 Summit

Leaders at the G20 Summit 'deepened global collaboration' for a better future, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hours before leaving the Brazilian city for Guyana.

We had very interesting discussions and advanced global collaboration in areas such as sustainable development, growth, fighting poverty, and harnessing technology for a better future", he said before his departure.

At the summit, he showcased India's progress in overcoming poverty and fighting climate change and offered to share the country's expertise.

He reiterated strongly the calls for reforming global institutions and finding a fair and just way to share the burdens of fighting climate change, with India emerging as a voice of the Global South.

He will co-chair the India-CARICOM summit, which includes leaders of 14 Caribbean nations, during a two-day visit to Guyana and work on deepening ties with the large diaspora nation emerging as a major global energy source.

Summing up PM Modi’s participation in the G20 Summit, India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration adopted under PM Modi’s leadership at the summit last year found a place in the Rio Declaration.

Briefing the media, he said that the Prime Minister spoke in two sessions: one on hunger and poverty and the other on sustainable development and energy transition. In both of them, he focused on the enormous impact which India has made".

In addition, PM Modi held several formal bilateral meetings with leaders from around the world and spoke with many informally.

India also hosted a side event on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), Artificial Intelligence(AI), and Data for Governance (DfG). Among many bilateral meetings PM Modi conducted, two are noteworthy.

He and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed to restart negotiations for a free trade agreement.

He announced the launch of the India-Australia Renewable Energy Partnership at the Second India-Australia Annual Summit with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. He and PM Albanese also agreed to increase strategic cooperation as members of the Quad, the Indo-Pacific group that includes Japan and the US.