G20 events introduced India's capabilities, diversity to world: PM Modi
India's G20 presidency had introduced the country's capabilities and diversity to the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday and asserted that the country is becoming a «voice of the Global South». In his address to the nation on the 77th Independence Day, he also said that India's small towns may be small in size or population, but in having hopes and aspirations, they are «not less than anyone». Modi also recalled his visit last year to Bali, where India was handed over the G20 presidency by Indonesia.
India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022, and since then a large number of meetings under different tracks of the bloc have been hosted across the country, which will culminate in the September 9-10 Summit in New Delhi. «Today, India is getting an opportunity to host the world for G20 events. And, in the last one year, the way G20 events have been held in various corners of the country, has introduced the capabilities of India to the world, introduced the diversity if India to the world,» Modi said.
The world is looking at India's diversity with astonishment, and this has led to increase in attraction for India, he asserted. «The desire to know India has got accentuated,» the prime minister said. Recalling his visit to Bali, Modi said even leaders of developed nations were eager to know about Digital India.
«I told them that this wonder is not just limited to Mumbai and Chennai, youths of even tier-2 and tier-3 cities are helping shape the destiny of India,» Modi added. «Our small towns may be small in size or population, but in having aspirations, endeavours and impact, they are not less than anyone. They have that capability,» he said.
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