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G20 Summit 2023 Highlights: Home Minister Amit Shah hails 'historic success' of India's G20 presidency

G20 Summit 2023 News Highlights: Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India's 'historic success' in hosting the G20, saying the summit left an indelible victory mark for every person of the nation who believes in the glory of India's beneficent cultural value

FP Staff|Sep 10, 2023, 17:58:16 IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that India's concerns for the Global South and emphasis on human-centric globalisation had gained resonance and respect."We assumed the presidency at a challenging time of geo-political tensions...Today I can confidently state that the Indian G20 Presidency has walked the talk,” she said at a joint press conference after the G20 declaration was adopted on the first day of the two-day summit.The G20 countries reiterated in the declaration the need to tackle debt vulnerabilities in low and middle-income countries in an effective, comprehensive, and systematic manner.The G20 nations applauded the efforts of private sector lenders who have already supplied data to the joint Institute of International Finance (IIF)/OECD Data Repository Portal and continue to encourage others to do the same.

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