Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has called for greater collaboration among the global south nations to broker lasting solutions to shared challenges such as the supply of critical minerals and shortage of fertilisers, issues that are presently impacting several countries, including India.

"Irrespective, we believe global south, South cooperation converted into concrete action can provide genuine and long lasting solutions in several areas not the least in areas of current concern like the critical minerals problem or the problems of adequate supply of fertilisers that many nations in the world are confronted with," he said on October 22.

Goyal was addressing the 16th session of th e United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

The minister’s comment comes as China, which

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