As the G20 Summit got underway in New Delhi on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to “transform the global trust deficit into more trustworthy relations” in addition to expressing compassion and demonstrating solidarity for the victims of the earthquake in Morocco.
On Saturday morning, Prime Minister Modi welcomed a number of foreign leaders to the Bharat Mandapam, the location of the G20 Summit, including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Managing Director and Chairman of
the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, and Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, were among the first visitors to the newly built location in Pragati Maidan.
Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, Olaf Scholz of Germany, Anthony Albanese of Australia, Alberto Fernandez of Argentina and Giorgia Meloni of Italy were among those who received warm welcomes from Modi.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the president of Argentina all got warm embraces. Brazil will hold the next G20 presidency. Rosngela
da Silva, the First Lady of Brazil, and Lula were with him.
We offer prayers for everyone hurt in the Moroccan earthquake. We are with them, and we will offer every bit of assistance. The entire world is with Morocco in these trying times.
We extend a warm welcome to all G20 Summit attendees. The 21st century is seeing the emergence of a new world order. A human-centric approach is necessary right now. We can address any trust difficulties if we can beat COVID-19. We promise to improve the lack of trust in the world by fostering more reliable relationships. We must address the worldwide trust gap.
In these times, the mantras Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, and Sabka Prayas’ can be the torchbearers for us. We must develop a workable answer for future generations to any problem, whether it be the gap between North and South or the separation between East and West.
India has offered to permanently add the African Union to the G20. I’m sure that everyone in the group would support this idea. I invite the African Union to join the G20 with your help.
On Saturday, world leaders walked a red carpet adorned with country flags and a wall with pictures of various yoga poses. In front of a replica of the Konark Wheel, a 13th-century artefact representing time, development, and ongoing change in Odisha’s Sun Temple, Modi greeted the world leaders and shook their hands. Biden reportedly heard Modi describe the splendour of the Konark wheel. Modi received a namaste from Sunak.
Among those who arrived at the Bharat Mandapam, a grand international exhibition and a convention centre, where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Modi also extended warm welcomes to Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi,
Oman Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Asaad bin Tarik Al Said, and Spain’s First Vice President Nadia Calvino.
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