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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India’s priorities for its G20 Presidency are to ensure inclusive and resilient growth with a focus on challenges being faced by the countries of the Global South. Further, he stated technological transformation and public digital infrastructure, reform in the multilateral institutions, women-led development and international peace and harmony as key focus areas for India’s presidency of the grouping.

India assumed the presidency of the influential bloc G20 at its annual summit in Bali in November with a promise of striving to ensure that the grouping acts as a global prime mover to envision new ideas and accelerate collective action to deal with pressing challenges. India is hosting a series of events and meetings ahead of the G20 summit later this year.

He said ‘It is our endeavour that inputs generated from the ‘Voice of Global South Summit’ receive cognisance globally, including in G20 deliberations.’ He mentioned India officially assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1. India’s G20 Presidency has the largest-ever representation from Africa with six participants.