G20 Summit: PM Modi said that it’s natural for the host country to hold diplomatic meetings in every part of the country and it was its internal matter
As the G20 Summit is all set to kick off in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dismissed all objections raised by China and Pakistan against India holding G20 meets in Kashmir and Arunachal. The prime minister said that it’s natural for the host country to hold diplomatic meetings in every part of the country and it was its internal matter.
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In May, India held a key G20 tourism meeting in Kashmir amid tight security and strong opposition from China and Pakistan.
Talking about the flourishing state of the Indian economy in an exclusive interview with PTI, PM Modi said that India’s economic growth is a natural by-product of his nine-year-old government’s political stability adding that India will be a developed nation by 2047 with “corruption, casteism and communalism” having no place in our national life.
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“India will be in the top three economies of the world shortly,” PM Modi said, citing the country’s record of jumping five spots in the economy parameter in less than a decade.
“For long India was seen as a country of 1 billion hungry stomachs, now it is 1 billion aspirational minds, 2 billion skilled hands,” PM Modi told PTI.
PM Modi on India’s G20 Presidency
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PM Modi said Africa is a top priority for all the countries in G20 and that no future plan can succeed without all voices being heard.
“The theme of India’s G20 Presidency ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ is not just a slogan but comprehensive philosophy derived from our cultural ethos,” PM Modi added
India’s G20 Presidency also sowed seeds of confidence in countries of the so-called third-world, he said.
