Speaking at the G7 Summit’s Outreach Sessions, PM Modi stressed that India was the only G20 country on track to meet its Paris commitments.
India on Sunday advocated global solidarity and open democratic societies to tackle challenges like health, climate change, and economic recovery. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message of worldwide unity was well received at the Outreach Sessions of the G7 Summit, which reaffirmed the need to embrace “values that bind us together” like respect for international rules and norms.
PM Modi took part virtually in two sessions on the second day of the summit on Sunday.
Addressing the session ‘Building Back Together – Open Societies and Economies’ as the lead speaker, he recalled that democracy and freedom were a part of India’s civilisational ethos. He stressed the need to ensure that cyberspace remains an avenue for advancing democratic values and not of subverting it, according to a statement released by the government of India.
His comments came amid a heated and ongoing debate in India over alleged curbing of free speech.
In the session on climate change, PM Modi highlighted that the planet’s atmosphere, biodiversity and oceans can’t be protected by countries acting in silos, and called for collective action on climate change, the statement said.
He stressed that India was the only G-20 country on track to meet its Paris commitments.
The G7 Summit, which this year included countries like India, the Republic of Korea, and South Africa, besides the main members of the grouping, released a joint statement reaffirming their shared belief in open societies, democratic values, and multilateralism.
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