Trust my ‘friend’ Modi to bring us together, says Macron as India takes over G20 presidency

New Delhi: As India takes over the presidency of the G20, French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday (December 4, 2022) said he is counting on his “friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring us together.

“One Earth, One Family, One Future. India takes over the presidency of #G20India. I trust my friend Narendra Modi to bring us together to build a world of peace and a more sustainable world,” Macron said in a tweet.

As India formally assumed the G20 presidency on Thursday, PM Modi said the country would work to promote unity, inspired by the theme of “one earth, one family, one future” and fight against terrorism, climate change, pandemics will list as the biggest challenges. With which the best can be fought together.

India’s G20 priorities will be shaped in consultation not only with our G20 partners, but also our fellow travelers in the Global South, whose voices are often unheard, he said in an article that appeared in several newspapers and also posted on his website to be done.

He said that India’s G20 agenda will be inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented and decisive.

PM Modi said, “Let us join together to make India’s G20 Presidency a presidency of healing, harmony and hope. Let us work together to shape a new paradigm of human-centred globalisation.”

The Prime Minister said the country is working to encourage sustainable lifestyles, depoliticize the global supply of food, fertilizers and medical products.

The next G20 Leaders’ Summit at the level of Heads of State/Government is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on 9 and 10 September.

The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies.

This includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. (The European Union).

Together, they account for 80 percent of global GDP, 75 percent of international trade, and two-thirds of the world population.