“India has also played a leading role in working with Africa on African development issues, either through bilateral agreements or through the arrangements that come out of these meetings held between major countries like India or China,” said its former prime minister. Liberia. on the sidelines of Cape Town’s Conversation event.
He said: “Today we have a growing situation with India. India just led the BRICS. BRICS is a new international organization that brings together those countries that really have the resource potential, the economic and technical capacity and those that are the emerging powers in the world.”
Speaking about the African Union (AU) joining the G20, Sirleaf said: “By being part of the G20, Africans will have a better voice to be able to state what the African priorities are, what are some of its concerns of Africa, how Africa’s own agenda-continental agenda, can be better reflected and integrated into the larger international agenda…”
He further said: “I think at this stage, we are now talking about African representation so that we recognize the fact that Africa is indeed the continent of the future. Africa has the youngest population in the world. Our young people are now more technically competent and experienced to lead processes such as development processes and threat response processes…”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his opening address at the 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit, invited the African Union, represented by President Azali Assoumani, to take a seat at the G20 leaders’ table as a permanent member.
“With everyone’s approval, I request the AU chief to take his seat as a permanent member of the G20,” Modi said in his speech.
Following PM Modi’s announcement, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar accompanied Union of Comoros and African Union (AU) President Azali Assoumani as he took his place among world leaders.
The African Union is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The move for the African Union to join the G20 group was proposed by Prime Minister Modi earlier this June.
The ‘Cape Town Conversation’ takes place from 24 to 26 November in the coastal city of Cape Town, South Africa.
Cape Town Conversations operates as an annual South African-based platform that brings together key stakeholders and new voices. It was designed as a common platform where established and emerging actors convene for a global debate on contemporary global governance issues – identifying new challenges, envisioning possible solutions and shaping the global order of the future. (A I)
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