The Daily Populous Monday August 19th, 2024 morning edition
Authored by hindustantimes.com and submitted by Even_Jellyfish_214

New Delhi, China and Pakistan were not among the invitees to the third Voice of Global South Summit hosted by India on Saturday on the virtual format that was joined by 123 nations across the globe. 123 countries joined Voice of Global South summit; China, Pakistan not invited

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar confirmed this at a media briefing after conclusion of the summit that focused on unitedly dealing with challenges facing the Global South or the developing countries.

Jaishankar said 123 countries participated at the summit.

Twenty-one countries were represented at the level of head of state and government while 34 foreign ministers joined it, according to the external affairs minister.

Apart from the foreign ministers, 118 ministers also joined the summit that comprised 10 ministerial sessions.

In the last few years, India has been positioning itself as a leading voice, flagging concerns, challenges and aspirations of the Global South or the developing nations, especially the African continent.

As the G20 president last year, India focused on issues like inclusive growth, digital innovation, climate resilience, and equitable global health access with an aim to benefit the Global South.

The countries whose heads of state and government attended the third Voice of Global South summit summit are Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Chile, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Lao PDR, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tajikistan, Timor Leste, Uruguay and Vietnam.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the Leaders' session at the summit.

Sharing details of the summit, Jaishankar said challenge of climate change figured prominently at the summit while many leaders spoke about debt burden and challenges of new technologies.

There was unanimous view on the need to reform the global governance architecture, he said adding the situation in Gaza also came up during the deliberations.

Some of the leaders also talked about sovereignty, strategic autonomy and interference and expressed concerns in that regard, Jaishankar said.

At the foreign ministerial sessions, the challenge of debt distress and slow credit growth also figured, he said.

Other issues that came up at the foreign ministerial sessions were the rules based order, sovereignty, equality, mutual respect and partnership of the equals.

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humtum6767 on August 18th, 2024 at 21:46 UTC »

India has a tendency of organizing and officiating useless groups like NAM. When push came to shove like in 1962 China invasion, nobody was there to support India.

Cannavor on August 18th, 2024 at 17:29 UTC »

"This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text."

Does this mean this is AI generated? In that case, half of this might be false.

Even_Jellyfish_214 on August 18th, 2024 at 14:27 UTC »

Submission Statement: China and Pakistan were not among the invitees to the third Voice of Global South Summit hosted by India on Saturday on the virtual format that was joined by 123 nations across the globe.

INDIA'S GLOBAL SOUTH OUTREACH: In the last few years, India has been positioning itself as a leading voice, flagging concerns, challenges and aspirations of the Global South or the developing nations, especially the African continent.

DETAILS: Sharing details of the summit, Jaishankar said challenge of climate change figured prominently at the summit while many leaders spoke about debt burden and challenges of new technologies.

There was unanimous view on the need to reform the global governance architecture, he said adding the situation in Gaza also came up during the deliberations.

Some of the leaders also talked about sovereignty, strategic autonomy and interference and expressed concerns in that regard, Jaishankar said.

At the foreign ministerial sessions, the challenge of debt distress and slow credit growth also figured, he said.

Other issues that came up at the foreign ministerial sessions were the rules based order, sovereignty, equality, mutual respect and partnership of the equals.