EAM Dr. S Jaishankar addresses University Connect Programme; says, India must become voice of Global South

External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar today, December 1, highlighted that India must become the voice of the Global South expressing their concerns on fuel, food, and fertilisers.

He added that New Delhi shares the apprehension that sustainable development, climate action, and climate justice could be side tracked due to more dominant issues.
The Minister stated this while speaking at the University Connect Programme in New Delhi today. He said that India’s G20 Presidency is taking place at a very critical moment in international affairs. He added that it is particularly vital that world leaders focus on the right issues, especially those that affect the more vulnerable sections of the world.

The Minister further said, during its G20 Presidency, India will spotlight LiFE, with its associated, environmentally sustainable and responsible choices at the level of individual lifestyles as well as national development. He also said, as the mother of democracy, India’s G20 Presidency will be consultative, collaborative, and decisive.

On the occasion, G-20’s India Coordinator Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said that Indians have a unique opportunity in the presidency of G20 and a profound responsibility to showcase their rich cultural heritage and diversity, tourism potential and development prowess so that the world drives values from interactions.

G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said as G20 President, Prime Minister Modi will be setting the agenda of the world. The students and leading academicians from 75 universities across the country virtually joined the event.