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imbalance with regard to Africa. describes India’s Presidency
The G20 has only one African of the G20 as the ‘People’s
country that is South Africa. Presidency’. I have already
So, first of all, India has tried to alluded to this in a manner by
redress this deficit by inviting saying that we have tried to
3 out of our 8 special guests take our Presidency to the length
or invitees from Africa — and breadth of our country, to
Mauritius, Egypt, and Nigeria. all corners of India, and to all
India has also addressed the sections of a society. There are,
deficit in a sustainable and apart from the official tracks
lasting manner by ensuring under the Finance and the Sherpa
full membership of the African track, a number of Engagement
Union in the G20. I think this Groups. The S20 or the Startup
was one a major achievement 20 is an Indian contribution and
of India’s Presidency and a will be a lasting contribution
major outcome of the New Delhi to the G20 process. I myself
Summit. In addition, it sits very have been involved with the
well with India’s overall theme outreach to the students by way
of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, of what is called G20 University
or ‘One Earth, One Family, Connect Engaging Young Minds
One Future’. It also resonates programme, which is anchored
brilliantly with our cross-cutting by the Research and Information
priority of the Global South. In System for Developing Countries
fact, this is the first expansion (RIS) and the Ministry of External
of G20 in the 24 years of its Affairs. We took this programme
existence since 1999 and hence to almost 100 universities across
I think it is a major achievement the country. So, as the Prime
and something that we should Minister said, it is truly a People’s
be proud of. Presidency.
The Prime Minister is
absolutely correct when he

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