India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant highlighted the 2023 New Delhi declaration, describing it as “very ambitious” and “progressive” in the run-up to the G20 Summit in Brazil.
Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Kant said that India will be “bringing the legacy” of the New Delhi declaration to the summit. He cited topics including sustainable growth, sustainable development goals and technological transformation on which the G20 declaration was focused during India’s presidency in 2023.
“India is bringing the legacy of the New Delhi declaration because India had a very ambitious and forward-looking declaration. Several issues relating to sustainable growth, sustainable development goals, technological transformation, women-led development and green development pacts. All those issues figure very prominently in some
way or other,” Kant said.
Kant noted that the New Delhi declaration was progressive and was focused on the visions of PM Modi.
“New Delhi declaration has been a constant point of reference because it was progressive. The declaration was progressive, forward-looking and had many of the visions of PM in terms of sustainability, leaving no one behind, in terms of sustainable growth, lifting people above poverty and hunger,” Kant said
He mentioned that under Brazillian presidency all the issues raised by India (/topic/india) are “getting reflected.”
Kant said that the G20 summit in Brazil is likely to be more focused on the Middle-East conflict. He reiterated that the forum is for economics, so more discussion is
likely to be focused on that.
“The contentious issues are geopolitics because, after India ‘s presidency, we have had a conflict in the Middle East, which had a huge humanitarian damage, that issue is also being
discussed here. But, G20 is preeminently a forum for economic growth, it is for development, growth and progress,” Kant said.
PM Modi has embarked on his journey to Brazil to attend the G20 summit scheduled for November 18, after concluding his Nigeria visit on Sunday.
