India’s Modi flags priorities of Global South at G20 summit in Brazil

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged the priorities of the Global South at the G20 summit in Brazil.

Addressing at the G20 session on "social inclusion and the fight against hunger and poverty,” Modi stated that countries of the Global south are most adversely impacted by the food, fuel and fertilizer crisis caused by global conflicts.

“We support Brazil’s initiative for a global alliance against hunger and poverty,” he said, calling it an “important step” towards the implementation of the Deccan high level principles for food security, adopted at the New Delhi Summit of G20 held last year.

“Our discussions can only be successful,” Modi said, "when we keep in mind the challenges and priorities” of the Global South.

He added, “we amplified the voice of the Global South” by granting permanent membership of G20 to the African Union during the New Delhi Summit.

During his address, the Indian Prime Minister noted that India had pulled 250 million people out of poverty in the last ten years and was distributing free food grains to 800 million people in the country.