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PremiumIndonesian President Joko Widodo opened the G20 summit in Bali on Tuesday with leaders expected to pile pressure on member Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
"It's an honour for Indonesia to host the G20 summit, I understand we need huge efforts to be able to sit together in this room," Widodo said before the first session. Catch all the live updates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi played the drums on Tuesday as he arrived to interact with the members of the Indian diaspora in Indonesia on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
“The accomplishments of Indian diaspora make us proud", PM Modi said while addressing a community programme in Bali, Indonesia.
“A few months back, on 15th Aug, India celebrated 75 years of independence. Indonesia's independence day comes two days after India's - on 17th August. But Indonesia was fortunate to attain independence two years before India. There is a lot that India can learn from Indonesia" PM Modi said at the Indian community event in Bali
“But in its 75-year-old long development journey, there is a lot that India can give to Indonesia. India's talent, technology, innovation, industry have made an identity for themselves before the world. Several big companies of the world have an Indian-origin CEO" PM Modi added.
“Relations between India and Indonesia stand strong during both good and difficult times. In 2018, when Indonesia was affected by an earthquake, we immediately started operation Samudra Maitri", PM Modi talks about the diplomatic relation between Indonesia and India
“That year when I came to Jakarta, I had said that India and Indonesia may be 90 nautical miles apart, but in reality, we are not 90 nautical miles apart but 90 nautical miles close" PM Modi added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the gathering at the Indian community event in Bali, Indonesia, as people chant "Modi, Modi".
Addressing the crowd of Indian people who have gathered to meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the latter said, "When people of Indonesia see photos of this year's Bali Jatra on internet, they'll be proud and happy. Due to the issues arising due to Covid, some hurdles had cropped up. After several yrs, Bali Jatra Mahotsav is being celebrated on a grand scale with mass participation in Odisha"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing an Indian community event in Indonesia's capital Bali. The Prime Minister greeted the gathering at the Indian community event, as people chant "Modi, Modi".
"As I speak to you in Bali and we sing songs of Indonesian traditions, 1500 km away from here in India's Cuttack, Bali Yatra Mahotsav is going on - Bali Jatra. This Mahotsav celebrates thousands of years old India-Indonesia trade relations" PM Modi said to the gathering.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned the G-20 leaders that today's fertiliser shortage could become tomorrow's food crisis as he strongly pitched for maintaining a "stable" supply chain for both manure and food grains.
US President Joe Biden met with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Indonesia's Bali island on Tuesday, according to Erdogan's office and footage of the encounter on Turkish state broadcaster TRT.
Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Rishi Sunak during the first day of the G20 Summit in Bali
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday urged world leaders to back a plan to end the war in his country, saying now was the time to push for peace after Russia's defeat in the southern city of Kherson.
The statement cites a discussion at the summit about the impact of the conflict on the global economy. It refers to the “war in Ukraine" but not “Russia’s war in Ukraine," and represents a compromise in wording designed to get as many G-20 leaders to sign off as possible
-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday called on the Group of 20 (G20) major economies meeting in Indonesia to step up their leadership and stop Russia's war in his country under a peace plan he has proposed.
"Today's fertilizer shortage is tomorrow's food crisis, for which the world will not have a solution. We should make a mutual agreement to keep the supply chain of both fertilizers and food grains stable and assured," Modi said.
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India's energy-security is also important for global growth, as it's the world's fastest-growing economy.We must not promote any restrictions on supply of energy and stability in energy market should be ensured
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PM Modi compliments Indonesia for leadership of G20 in a challenging global environment; cites climate change, Covid pandemic and Ukraine.
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