Frank and though-provoking discussions were held with the G20 Sherpas who participated in the very first G20 Sherpa meeting in Udaipur under India's Presidency, said India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant who is presiding the entire meeting.
PM Modi chaired an All-Party meeting called by the center in New Delhi to meet the heads of all major political parties on Monday and hold discussions on the significance of the G20 Presidency for the country.
Calling India's G20 Presidency 'incredibly important, Shombi Sharp, United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, said that the world is looking out to the G20 and to India's presidency to try to come up with some solutions.
G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant held discussions with the UN Sherpa, Undersecretary General, Li Junhua and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Sherpa, Andreas Schaal in Udaipur.
"There're challenges of geopolitical crisis in Europe, breakdown of supply chains, the crisis of climate action, poverty, inflation & slowdown of global growth. Amid such a crisis India is taking the G20 presidency, we believe every crisis is an opportunity," Kant said at the first si
India's December Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) comes at a time when the country has also assumed the G20 Presidency for the year 2023.
Last month, during his 'Mann Ki Baat' address, PM Modi said that assuming the G20 presidency was a huge opportunity for India and that the country must utilise it by focusing on global good.
As India formally assumed G20 Presidency on Thursday, Minister of Education of Bangladesh, Dipu Moni said that the leaders of the two countries, PM Modi and Sheikh Hasina have taken the relationship between the two countries.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Elias said, "Absolutely, we have already been invited to attend the received the info that will be invited to take part in the G20 summit next year that will be hosted by India. We are very happy and honoured that we will be invited there."
The G20 Finance track met on Thursday to discuss global economic and financial issues through meetings of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, their Deputies, and various working group level meetings.
As India formally assumed the G20 presidency on Thursday, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the key element of it would be taking G20 closer to the public and making it truly a people's G20.