Consensus on New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit Declaration reached: PM Modi
Modi on Saturday announced that consensus has been achieved on New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit Declaration on the the first day of the G20 Summit in New Delhi.
«Due to the hard work of our teams and the cooperation of all of you, the New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit Declaration has gained consensus. It's my proposal that we should adopt this Leaders' Declaration.
I declare to adopt this Declaration,» the PM said.
Ahead of the G20 summit, India on Friday said the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration was «almost ready» and the negotiators were moving towards a consensus. Refusing to get into the specifics of sticking points such as the Russia-Ukraine war and climate-related issues, India's top G20 officials told a pre-summit press conference that they were hopeful of clinching a joint communique by consensus.
«India's expectation is that all G20 members will move towards a consensus and we are hopeful of a consensus on the communique,» PTI had quoted Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra as saying, in response to a question on the Ukraine conflict holding up an agreement on the New Delhi Declaration.
On the inclusion of the African Union in the G20 bloc, Kwatra said he expected that Summit proceedings starting Saturday would take a «suitable decision» on it.
India's G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a great believer in the Global South and had written to all the leaders on the inclusion of the African Union in the G20.
He said there has been a very positive response and formally that will come before the Summit.
India also said its presidency of the G20 has lived up to Modi's vision of being inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented and very decisive.
Kant said the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration will be the
