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path breaking and a powerful the solutions reached at the
call for Planet, People, Peace and New Delhi Summit address the
Prosperity in today’s world. concerns of both the developed
An inclusive, ambitious, and the developing parts of the
decisive, and action-oriented world.
G20 Presidency resonated with India’s G20 Presidency
concerns of the world, and was a presidency of many
especially with that of the Global firsts. Several new initiatives
South. The historic inclusion of were taken by India to make
the African Union in the group the group of 20 meetings and
of 20; the first-ever ‘Voice of deliberations more inclusive
the Global South Summit’; the than before. India, along with
decision to have Bangladesh, the leaders of Singapore,
Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Italy, the USA, Brazil,
Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain Argentina, Mauritius and the UAE,
and the UAE as Guest Countries launched the ‘Global Biofuels
apart from the 19 countries that Alliance’ with the aim to serve
constitute the G20; extension of as a catalytic platform, fostering
invitation to International Solar global collaboration for the
Alliance, Coalition for Disaster advancement and widespread
Resilient Infrastructure and adoption of biofuels. The India-
Asian Development Bank as Middle East-Europe Economic
Guest IOs, apart from the regular Corridor, ushering in a new era of
IOs enabled the participants connectivity from Europe to Asia
to voice their concerns, ideas, that will facilitate global trade,
challenges, and priorities. By cooperation on energy and
bringing every digital connectivity,
stakeholder on was also launched
one common on the sidelines
platform, India of the Leaders'
ensured that Summit.

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