G20 presidency centered on Global South, put focus on growth: EAM

AT THE MEETING, PUTIN BLAMED WESTERN NATIONS FOR STRESS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; GERMANY'S OLAF SCHOLZ URGED PUTIN TO END THE WAR ON UKRAINE

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India's G20 presidency was Global South centric and had brought development back on the agenda, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said after a virtual summit of the grouping on Wednesday, adding that many world leaders spoke on the West Asia turmoil and the need to extend timely humanitarian assistance and finding a longterm solution.

At the joint press briefing, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted how the five main agenda points of the G20 finance track -- multilateral development bank (MDB) reforms, digital public infrastructure, the road map for crypto assets, climate finance, and financing of cities of tomorrow - were welcomed and appreciated. India's G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant underlined how several aspects of the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration announced this September were being implemented domestically as well as internationally.

"[There was] A very clear recognition India's G20 presidency was Global South centric and brought development... back to the centre of G20," he said.