G20 Summit Day 2 live updates: "Vasudaiva Kutumbakam", echoes Macron

Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance says, "For the next three years, India has been given the responsibility to co-chair the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion organisation..."

Ajay Seth

Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance says, "Consensus was built on how to strengthen multilateral developmental banks, their effectiveness, better bigger and more effective banks so that their development impact can be maximised. Second is how we can get help from technology and how crypto technology can be beneficial, what are its policy risks and what should be the regulations around it, consensus could not be reached but there was a strong endorsement from the leaders..."

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida says "Under the leadership of India as this year's chair, we were able to agree on the G20 Leaders' declaration which is a truly meaningful achievement. Japan has been engaged in the negotiations with the intent to pass on the outcome of the G7 to the G20 and we were able to hand over to the G20 points that were confirmed at the Hiroshima Summit. I look forward to working with other leaders to follow up on the outcomes delivered by the G7 and G20..."

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida says, "Over the course of the past five days, I attended ASEAN-related summits in Jakarta and the G 20 New Delhi Summit. First and foremost, I extend my deep respect and appreciation to President Joko of Indonesia and Prime Minister Modi of India for exercising outstanding leadership as chairs of the Summits and to the members of both governments..."

Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the G20 Summit, showcases a unique international project - ‘Culture Corridor - G20 Digital Museum’. The culture corridor represents and celebrates the shared heritage of G20 members and invitee countries.

This project is based on India’s G20 theme ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and the Culture Working Group’s (CWG) hallmark campaign ‘Culture Unites All’. This corridor was unveiled on 9 September 2023.

Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the G20 Summit, showcases a unique international project - ‘Culture Corridor - G20 Digital Museum’. The culture corridor represents and celebrates the shared heritage of G20 members and invitee countries. It incorporates iconic and notable cultural objects and heritage of the G20 members and 9 invitee countries.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says "...I think that a healthy solution has been found in the declaration regarding the need to strive for a clear and equitable balance of interest. It is one of the decent purposes and we are already on track. In our turn, we will continue strengthening these positive trends including during Brazil's presidency next year and in 2025 during South Africa's presidency. While closing today's session, PM Modi said that he would convene another G20 Summit via video conferencing in late November. It will be another opportunity for us to review the implementation of the agreements that we have reached today..."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says "...As soon as we start talking about Ukraine, the West is unable to maintain an intelligent discussion, all it can do is demand that Russia stop its aggression and restore Ukraine's territorial integrity, but the UN charter also mentioned the principle of equality..."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says, "...The Kyiv regime destroyed the territorial integrity of its country with its own hand...I believe that some of our Western colleagues understand it too but you know very well that they are placing their bets on Russia's strategic defeat..."