PM Modi Kept His Promise: African Union Gains Permanent G-20 Membership, Revealed by Jaishankar
PM Modi kept his promise: African Union gains permanent G-20 membership, revealed by Jaishankar.
Discover how Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfilled his promise as he successfully secured the African Union a permanent seat in the G-20, the world’s largest economies group.
Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar reveals the journey behind this historic inclusion. PM Modi kept his promise, how African Union got a place in G20, Jaishankar reveals.
On the proposal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the G-20 meeting held in India, the African Union on Saturday became a permanent member of G-20, the group of countries with the world’s largest economies.
PM Modi announced the inclusion of the African Union as a new member in the inaugural session of the two-day G-20 summit.
Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said that PM Modi has fulfilled his promise by getting the African Union a place in the G20.
On the African Union becoming a member of G-20, External Affairs Minister Dr. ) came to. He had expressed his views regarding membership of G-20.
During that time, Prime Minister Modi had assured the President of the African Union that this would definitely be done under the Indian chairmanship of G-20.
On the announcement of the African Union becoming a permanent member of G-20, S Jaishankar said, ‘This is Modi’s guarantee and you have seen that he has done what he had assured.
During the BRICS summit, the then President came to the PM and reminded him that he had given us assurance and you have actually done it.
How did India lay the chessboard?
The idea of including the African Union in the G20 was first mooted in June this year.
Then, as the President of G20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented this proposal by writing a letter to the leaders of the member countries.
It is being told that this idea started after the ‘Voice of the Global South’ summit in January this year, in which most of the 55 countries of the African continent participated.
Later the discussion was taken forward in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the headquarters of the African Union is located.
Till now there was only one member country from the entire African continent in G20 – South Africa.
