“How inclusion of African Union into bloc elevates India’s G20 triumph to global acclaim”, First Post, September 17, 2023:
“Against all dire predictions and odds, right till the day the G20 Summit started on 9 September, India was able to produce a 100 per cent consensus G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration on the first day of the Summit itself.
Agreement among all the participating countries was achieved not only on the substantive issues of development and growth which are the primary remit of the G20 but also on the highly divisive subject of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Coming as it did, so suddenly and unexpectedly, the Leaders’ Declaration gave a huge boost to India’s standing and prestige in the global community. This announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came at the beginning of the second Session on “One Family”. At the beginning of the first Session in the morning on 9 September, Prime Minister Modi had announced the induction and welcomed the African Union as the 21st member of the G20…..”
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