“Priorities identified by South Africa are aligned with those of India’s G20 Presidency”: MEA

Secretary (ER) of the Ministry of External Affairs, Sudhakar Dalela said that the South African Summit has an echo of the priorities recognised during the Indian presidency of the G20 Summit.

In a Special Briefing by MEA on Prime Minister’s visit to South Africa, Dalela said that in this Summit, food security and disaster risk management are at the fore of priorities.

“The Johannesburg G20 Summit will mark the culmination of first cycle of 20 G20 Presidencies. The priorities identified by South Africa are aligned with those of India’s G20 Presidency and that of Brazil, ensuring continuity in G20 discussions from the perspective of matters that are important to Global South,” he said.

Dalela said that the presidency focuses on the issues of global south, thich has trickled down from the