New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that G20 Presidency belongs to the entire nation, and is a unique opportunity to showcase India’s strengths to the entire world.
He made his remarks at the all-party meeting called on by the center today to discuss the aspects relating to India's G20 Presidency. The meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Modi, witnessed active participation from political leaders across the length and breadth of India.
He stated that India’s G20 Presidency belongs to the entire nation, and is a unique opportunity to showcase India’s strengths to the entire world. Prime Minister also pointed out that there is global curiosity and attraction towards India today, which further increases the potential of India’s G20 Presidency.
PM Modi chairs all party-meeting on G20 summit The PM emphasized the importance of teamwork and sought the cooperation of all leaders in the organization of various G20 events. He pointed out that the G20 Presidency would help showcase parts of India beyond the conventional big metros, thus bringing out the uniqueness of each part of the nation.
Highlighting the large number of visitors who would be coming to India during India’s G20 Presidency, Prime Minister took note of the potential for promoting tourism and boosting the local economies of the venues where G20 meetings would be organized.
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Before the Prime Minister spoke, various political leaders shared their valuable insights on India's G20 Presidency, including JP Nadda, Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee, Naveen Patnaik, Arvind Kejriwal, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Sitaram Yechury, Chandrababu Naidu, MK Stalin, Edappadi K Palaniswami, Pashupatinath Paras, Eknath Shinde, and KM Kader Mohideen.
Brief interventions were made by Home Minister and Finance Minister. A detailed presentation encapsulating aspects of India’s G20 priorities was also made. Those present during the meeting included Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, Bhupender Yadav, and former Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
India officially assumed the G20 presidency on December 1. The country is expected to host over 200 preparatory meetings across the country beginning this month. The next G20 Leaders' Summit at the level of heads of states or governments is scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10 next year in New Delhi.
G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world's major developed and developing economies. It comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US and the European Union.
The first G20 Sherpa meeting under India's presidency started in Rajasthan's Udaipur on Sunday. This was the first of the 200 such meetings that will take place across 55 cities in India over the next one year.
