Mexico's Foreign Minister, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra has congratulated India on its G20 Presidency and said that it has been a "fantastic job" that the country has done withe the Summit in New Delhi.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with the foreign minister of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Sunday in New York.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held a bilateral meeting with his Mexican counterpart Alicia Barcena Ibarra on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is currently in New York to participate in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, has been engaging in meetings with world leaders on the sidelines of the event.
United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis on Sunday shared his delight to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at a special event "to showcase the success story of India-UN cooperation with the Global South."
The initiative was announced at an event titled “India-UN for the Global South-Delivering for Development” in New York on 23 September 2023 in the presence of the External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar.
United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Shombi Sharp, while lauding India’s G20 presidency and its New Delhi Declaration which emphasised achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said “I’d like to call it an SDG20 Presidency”.
Referring to the full consensus achieved by New Delhi Declaration, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that many people were surprised when India was able to get everybody together.
Underlining the many aspects of India’s G20 presidency that the world might "find useful", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said New Delhi has walked the talk when it comes to South-South cooperation.
Kamboj recalled that India during the COVID-19 pandemic extended a helping hand by providing made-in-India vaccines to nearly 100 countries and supplying medicines to 150 nations.