India will work with G20 to discuss debt, food and energy security: Jaishankar at UNGA
The HinduAhead of India assuming the Presidency of the G20, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that New Delhi will work with the influential group’s other members to address serious issues of debt, food and energy security and environment. “As we begin the G20 presidency this December, we are sensitive to the challenges faced by developing countries,” Mr. Jaishankar said in his address to the high-level UN General Assembly session in United Nationa on September 24. He told the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that India will work with other G20 members to address serious issues of debt, economic growth, food and energy security and particularly, environment. “When we fill the gap in humanitarian needs left unaddressed by political complexity.” He highlighted that India had sent 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat and multiple tranches of medicines and vaccines to Afghanistan, extended credits of 3.8 billion dollars to Sri Lanka for fuel, essential commodities and trade settlement, supplied 10,000 metric tons of food aid and vaccine shipments to Myanmar.