Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the opening session of G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. Modi said multilateral institutions had failed to meet the world's most pressing challenges and called on world leaders to find common ground on divisive issues.

"We must all acknowledge that multilateralism is in crisis today," Modi said in a recorded statement.

"The experience of the last few years -– financial crisis, climate change, pandemic, terrorism and wars -- clearly shows that global governance has failed."

The Russia-Ukraine war is expected to dominate the G20 meeting. Modi called on G20 delegates to make the meeting a success, despite the bloc's deep divisions over the conflict.

"We should not allow issues that we cannot resolve together to come in the way of those we can," he said.&nbsp;

Modi further said that the G20 has the capacity to build consensus and deliver concrete results. He also said several developing countries are "struggling with unsustainable debt" while trying to ensure food and energy security for their citizens, and G20 needs to work to ease these challenges. &nbsp;

"After years of progress, we are at risk today of moving back on the Sustainable Development Goals. Many developing countries are struggling with unsustainable debt while trying to ensure food and energy security for their people. They are also the ones most affected by global warming caused by richer countries," he said.

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This is where India's G20 presidency can make a difference, Modi said, as this is an opportunity to give a voice to the Global South. "India's G20 Presidency tried to give a voice to the Global South. No group can claim global leadership without listening to those most affected by its decisions."

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PM Modi also talked about how natural disasters and the pandemic have taken away thousands of lives. He noted global supply chains have broken down during times of stress and turmoil. Notably, a minute of silence was observed for the Turkey-Syria earthquake victims before the G20 Foreign Ministers Meet began.&nbsp;

He also said that stable economies have found themselves overwhelmed by debt and financial crisis, and said there is a need to show resilience in our societies, economies, healthcare systems and in infrastructure. "The G20 has a critical role to play in finding the right balance between growth and efficiency on one hand and resilience on the other," the Prime Minister said.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the opening session of G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. Modi said multilateral institutions had failed to meet the world's most pressing challenges and called on world leaders to find common ground on divisive issues.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the opening session of G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. Modi said multilateral institutions had failed to meet the world's most pressing challenges and called on world leaders to find common ground on divisive issues. "We must all acknowledge that multilateralism is in crisis today," Modi said in a recorded statement. "The experience of the last few years -– financial crisis, climate change, pandemic, terrorism and wars -- clearly shows that global governance has failed." The Russia-Ukraine war is expected to dominate the G20 meeting. Modi called on G20 delegates to make the meeting a success, despite the bloc's deep divisions over the conflict. "We should not allow issues that we cannot resolve together to come in the way of those we can," he said. Modi further said that the G20 has the capacity to build consensus and deliver concrete results. He also said several developing countries are "struggling with unsustainable debt" while trying to ensure food and energy security for their citizens, and G20 needs to work to ease these challenges. "After years of progress, we are at risk today of moving back on the Sustainable Development Goals. Many developing countries are struggling with unsustainable debt while trying to ensure food and energy security for their people. They are also the ones most affected by global warming caused by richer countries," he said. × This is where India's G20 presidency can make a difference, Modi said, as this is an opportunity to give a voice to the Global South. "India's G20 Presidency tried to give a voice to the Global South. No group can claim global leadership without listening to those most affected by its decisions." Also Read | G20 nations should try and stop the Russia-Ukraine war, Bangladesh FM tells WION PM Modi also talked about how natural disasters and the pandemic have taken away thousands of lives. He noted global supply chains have broken down during times of stress and turmoil. Notably, a minute of silence was observed for the Turkey-Syria earthquake victims before the G20 Foreign Ministers Meet began. He also said that stable economies have found themselves overwhelmed by debt and financial crisis, and said there is a need to show resilience in our societies, economies, healthcare systems and in infrastructure. "The G20 has a critical role to play in finding the right balance between growth and efficiency on one hand and resilience on the other," the Prime Minister said. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi while participating at the virtual G20 summit on Afghanistan called for urgent humanitarian assistance for Afghan citizens.

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India's prime minister also asserted that Afghanistan's territory should not become "the source of radicalisation and terrorism".&nbsp;

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"Need to ensure Afghan territory does not become a source of radicalisation and terrorism, regionally or globally," India's prime minister said.

"A unified international response based on UNSC Resolution 2593 is necessary to improve the situation in Afghanistan," PM Modi told the G20 summit.

PM Modi also called for an "inclusive administration" in Afghanistan.&nbsp;The PMO informed the Indian prime minister emphasised on the need to enhance joint fight against the nexus of radicalisation, terrorism and&nbsp;smuggling of drugs and arms in the region.

The meeting was convened by Italy which currently holds the G20 presidency. It was chaired by Italian PM Mario Draghi &nbsp;&nbsp;

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi while participating at the virtual G20 summit on Afghanistan called for urgent humanitarian assistance for Afghan citizens. Participated in the G20 Summit on Afghanistan.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi while participating at the virtual G20 summit on Afghanistan called for urgent humanitarian assistance for Afghan citizens. Participated in the G20 Summit on Afghanistan. Stressed on preventing Afghan territory from becoming the source of radicalisation and terrorism. Also called for urgent and unhindered humanitarian assistance to Afghan citizens and an inclusive administration. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 12, 2021 × India's prime minister also asserted that Afghanistan's territory should not become "the source of radicalisation and terrorism". Also Read: EU pledges $1.2 billion in aid for Afghanistan "Need to ensure Afghan territory does not become a source of radicalisation and terrorism, regionally or globally," India's prime minister said. "A unified international response based on UNSC Resolution 2593 is necessary to improve the situation in Afghanistan," PM Modi told the G20 summit. PM Modi also called for an "inclusive administration" in Afghanistan. The PMO informed the Indian prime minister emphasised on the need to enhance joint fight against the nexus of radicalisation, terrorism and smuggling of drugs and arms in the region. The meeting was convened by Italy which currently holds the G20 presidency. It was chaired by Italian PM Mario Draghi (With inputs from Agencies)

Need to ensure Afghan territory does not become source of  terrorism: PM Modi at G20 summit on Afghanistan

Counter-terror, COVID-19 crisis, black money issue will be India's focus at the G20 virtual summit that will take place over the weekend on November 21 and 22, India's Sherpa for G20 Suresh Prabhu has said.

Counter-terror, COVID-19 crisis, black money issue will be India's focus at the G20 virtual summit that will take place over the weekend on November 21 and 22, India's Sherpa for G20 Suresh Prabhu has said. Speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Prabhu said, "We are looking at anti-terrorism strategy as a very comprehensive, all-pervasive idea that we should put together". The Indian prime minister will be participating in the virtual meet, which will see a special focus on joint strategy on how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual summit will be the third major virtual summit the Indian PM will attend this month after participating in the SCO and BRICS meeting. It is for the first time the G20 summit will take place virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis. India will host the summit in 2022 for which Suresh Prabhu said, "we are already working on very high-tech, very state-of-the-art efficient secretariat". WION: What are the main issues India will be talking about? Suresh Prabhu: The first issue is the pandemic itself. Two hundred countries, 200 geographies right now are suffering from the pandemic. As a result, the first focus of the summit is pandemic which is how do you deal with public health and what can global cooperation lead to, if it is a vaccine and to avoid such pandemics in the future. How do you have an early warning system, how do you have a surveillance system, what kind of protocol you must put in place. These are the kind of issues which would be discussed. The second issue is the economy, as a result of the pandemic, and not just only because of that, it only hastened the process. Even before the pandemic hit the world, in 2019 we witnessed the slowing down of the global economy. How do you deal with making the economy, work better and faster. It is the second important issue. Issues such as terror, climate change, global cooperation on money laundering are present. The Saudis have taken certain initiatives, which includes dialogue on water. This is an important issue by Saudis, they have also taken an important initiative on the environment - Circular economy. You know, in the next few years we will have the challenge of how do you deal with materials. One side of the problem is, how do you find enough problem to produce more, the second problem would be how to deal with used material, how to dispose them, that is why circular economy plays an important role. It is at the heart of the industrial part of environmental concerns. We have been strongly talking about the anti-corruption issue, PM is particularly keen on dealing with that issue. WION: How much of the black money issue will be raised? Suresh Prabhu: It is an important ongoing agenda, the PM has been raising it since 2014 when he attended G20 summit for first time in Australia in Brisbane. He has been raising the issue continuously. We have been raising it at every forum. We will take it forward. The other issue that will dominate is the future of WTO. We strongly believe as a country, India believes in multilateralism, rule-based trading system, we believe and support that WTO being a democratic institution as well as participatory forum, it should be strengthened and not weakened and in that context as the commerce minister I have held two mini-ministerial in India. Once after the collapse of the Buenos Aires ministerial, I held one in New Delhi in March 2018, and it was attended by 57 countries and the second one was in 2019, April again focusing on this issue on how to make WTO work better, stronger, and become more effective. That will again dominate the issue. WION: Terror has been dominating global concern, how much will New Delhi raise it? Suresh Prabhu: It is an important issue, we keep discussing, keep pressing that how do you deal with terrorism as a global phenomenon. Why do you need global action, also collation against terrorism globally, it needs technology, it needs cutting out support for financing terrorism, it is the root cause of terrorism which breeds such ideas into the minds of innocents. We are looking at anti-terrorism strategy as a very comprehensive, all-pervasive idea that we should put together. WION: How has it been different for you as a "Sherpa" in your talks with other Sherpas this year when "virtual" is the new normal? Suresh Prabhu: It is absolutely true that physical meetings have become very less. But that doesn't mean that proximity has gone, the physical proximity is less, but the closeness has increased because of the new medium we can actually have a virtual discussion with everybody. I have spoken to each and every Sherpa, and many more, at least 30-40 countries have been meeting me, talking regularly. We have been doing this, talking regularly, we will continue to engage with rest of the world via all means and when we become part of the troika in next few days, on December 1 and will continue to hold that position in 2023, even one year after we hand it over to Indonesia. We will continue to engage with it. WION: India will host the summit in 2022, have we started the preparations? Suresh Prabhu: We have started preparation in full swing. It is led by PM Modi, he is a very hands-on leader of the country and we are already working on very high-tech, state-of-the-art efficient secretariat in which there will be several ministries participating. We will also plan a number of events in 2022 that will involve the state government and several engagement groups like universities, research institutions, NGOs, scientists and business leaders. We have already started working on it aggressively.

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