'Looking Forward To Supporting My Friend PM Modi': Biden On India's G20 Presidency

India on Thursday assumed the presidency of the G20, which accounts for 85 per cent of the global GDP.

PM Narendra Modi and Joe Biden, President of the United States of America

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Underlining that India was a "strong partner" of the US, President Joe Biden on Friday said he was looking forward to supporting "my friend" Prime Minister Narendra Modi during India's G20 presidency. India on Thursday assumed the presidency of the G20, which accounts for 85 per cent of the global GDP and two-thirds of the world population.

"India is a strong partner of the US, and I look forward to supporting my friend PM Modi during India's G20 presidency," Biden said. 

"Together we will advance sustainable and inclusive growth while tackling shared challenges like the climate, energy, and food crises," he further said.

Biden made the remarks while responding to PM Modi's Twitter post about India's G20 presidency. In the tweet, PM Modi said India intended to work in an "inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented, and decisive agenda to further global good".

India took over the presidency of the coveted G20 group starting December 1, 2022.

On the occassion, Pm Modi made a strong pitch for a fundamental mindset shift to benefit humanity as a whole and saying the country would work to further promote "oneness".

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The Prime Minister listed terror, climate change, and pandemics as the "greatest challenges" that could be fought together. He also said "our era need not be one of war", echoing his message to Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the Ukraine conflict that "today's era is not of war".

Besides India, the G20 comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US and the European Union (EU).

India will host the next G20 summit in New Delhi in September 2023.

(With agency inputs)