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Ambassadors from Italy and Indonesia lauded New Delhi’s G20 presidency, for putting Africa and the Global South at the forefront of the global agenda, at the launch of a book, titled ‘India’s G20 Legacy: Shaping a New World Order’, in New Delhi on April 20.
“The success of India’s G20 presidency is precisely the capacity to preserve the role of G20 because that was at risk,” said Italy’s Ambassador to India, Vincenzo de Luca. He added, “After G20 India, Global South and Africa have been in the centre of the stage”. Similarly, Indonesia’s Ambassador to India, Ina H Krisnamurthy, was full of praise for Delhi’s G20 presidency. She lauded India’s efforts to usher inclusivity within the group.
The induction of the 55-nation African Union as a permanent member of G20 marked a significant milestone during India’s year-long presidency of the grouping of the world’s 20 major economies in 2023.
Additionally, India managed to produce a leaders’ declaration despite facing deep divisions over the Ukraine conflict, further solidifying its achievements during its presidency. Krisnamurthy praised India for taking the lead in securing full membership for the African Union in the G20, thus improving the bloc’s inclusivity. She also applauded India’s initiative in hosting two editions of the ‘Voice of the Global South Summit’.
“India’s G20 Presidency has left a historical footprint. You don’t know how happy we were when the G20 New Delhi Declaration was adopted. It was not out of relief, but pride,” she said.
Edited by Manish Chand, the book features contributions from diplomats and strategic affairs experts. The foreword is penned by Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s then-G20 Chief Coordinator. The contributors include India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant.
