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“External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday expressed India’s support for the priorities of the South African Presidency, which aligned with India’s own advocacy during its G20 Presidency.

Speaking during the session on G20 objectives at the 2025 G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Johannesburg, Jaishankar said, ‘We are supportive of the priorities of the South African Presidency. They jell with what India has advocated both nationally as well as during its own G20 Presidency’

He also emphasised the importance of the G20’s leadership in addressing global challenges. As the G20 enters its second cycle, Jaishankar stressed that it must prioritise collaboration over competition, accurately reflect global challenges, including food, energy, and health security, and promote women-led development.

‘Some thoughts have been shared on the former in the last Session. Let me just underline that as we enter the second cycle, G20 must retain its leadership. To do that, it must be accurately reflective of global challenges in their entirety. This includes food, energy and health security, establishing digital public infrastructure, and promoting women-led development. And G20 must always put the imperatives of collaboration higher than the compulsions of competition,’ said Jaishankar.

He highlighted several key areas, including – International Disaster Response; India initiated the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in 2019, which now has 42 nations and 7 organizations as members.’

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