Jaishankar: G20 Declaration focuses on promoting strong, sustainable, inclusive growth

New Delhi, September 9: The G20 Leaders’ Summit Declaration, which was agreed on Saturday, according to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, emphasizes the promotion of robust, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth.

Speaking at a joint press conference, Jaishankar stated that the Declaration has an action plan in place to expedite progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
The declaration that the leaders adopted today places a significant emphasis on encouraging inclusive, sustainable, and balanced growth. It has created an action plan to speed up progress towards the SDGs, the minister added.

“It envisages a green development pact for a sustainable future, it endorses high-level lifestyle principles for sustainable development, voluntary principles of hydrogen, the Chennai principles for a sustainable resilient blue economy, and the Deccan principles on food security and nutrition, among others,” he continued.

One Earth, One Family, and We Share One Future is the motto of India’s presidency, according to him, and the nation has “consciously sought to make this G20 as inclusive and broad-based as possible.”

The 20 member states, nine invited states, and 14 international organizations are all taking part in it. We are especially pleased that the African Union is a permanent member, he continued.

The minister claimed that with an emphasis on digital public infrastructure, the transformative and inclusive role of technology has been underlined.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared at the G20 Summit that the New Delhi Leaders’ Summit Declaration has gained support. He declared it adopted.
“I got some excellent news. Consensus has been established on the New Delhi G20 Leaders’ Summit Declaration as a result of the diligent effort of our team. I suggest we adopt this leadership statement. I declare that I will accept this statement. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my Sherpas, the ministers, who worked hard to make this happen.