Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the G20 working session on “health” on Tuesday and also address the Indian community in Bali, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
“The PM has also got in his intervention in the session. He will now go to the leader’s lunch, a little later. Later in the afternoon, we have session 2, which is on health. After that, he will address the Indian community. Will do. And then in the evening over a welcome dinner,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a video shared on Twitter.
He also said that there will be another session tomorrow, which is on digital transformation and later, along with other leaders, PM Modi will visit the mangrove forest.
“Several bilateral meetings are being scheduled for tomorrow. Today, he also met some other leaders,” Bagchi said.
“An update on PM @narendramodi `s engagements from Apurva Kempinski in Bali, the #G20Indonesia Summit venue.
Earlier, today, Prime Minister Modi addressed the G20 Working Session on Food and Energy Security Session and reiterated India’s old position in favor of dialogue and diplomacy in Ukraine and said “`We have to find a way to get back on track. Armistice” in Kyiv.”
I have said time and again that we must find a way to return to the path of ceasefire and diplomacy in Ukraine,” he said.
PM Modi, who reached Bali on Monday, said, ‘In the last century, World War II wreaked havoc in the world. After that the leaders of that time made a serious effort to follow the path of peace. Now it’s our turn. The responsibility of creating a new world order for the post-Covid period rests on our shoulders. The need of the hour is to show a concerted and collective resolve to ensure peace, harmony and security in the world.”
Referring to India as the “holy land of Buddha and Gandhi”, PM Modi said he is confident that when the G20 meets next year, they will all agree to send a strong message of peace to the world.
PM Modi began his speech by congratulating Indonesia for providing effective leadership to the G-20 in a challenging global environment. He further said that climate change, Covid pandemic, developments in Ukraine and related global problems have wreaked havoc in the world.
“The global supply chain is ruined. There is a crisis of essential and essential commodities all over the world. The challenge for the poor citizens of every country is more serious. For them everyday life was already a struggle. They do not have the financial dual Ability to deal with MAR. Because of the double whammy, they lack the financial capacity to handle it. We should also not hesitate to admit that multilateral institutions like the United Nations have failed on these issues. And we all have failed to make suitable corrections in them. Therefore, today the world has great expectations from the G-20 and the relevance of our grouping has become even more important: PM Modi
Talking about the problems during the pandemic situation, the PM said that India has ensured food security of its 1.3 billion citizens. At the same time, food grains were also supplied to many needy countries. The current shortage of fertilizers is also a major threat in terms of food security.
He further stated that the fertilizer shortage is “yesterday’s food crisis,” and the world will have no solution.
PM Modi said that all G20 countries will have to make mutual agreements to keep the supply chain of both fertilizers and food grains stable and assured.
“In India, for sustainable food security, we are promoting natural farming and re-popularizing nutritious and traditional food grains like millets. Millets can also solve global malnutrition and hunger. The International Year of Millets should be celebrated with great enthusiasm.” He added.
