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YEAR-END REVIEW 2023

INDIA’S

YEAR

From organizing a hugely successful G20 summit in New Delhi to engaging with key ally like the US and

dealing with China, India had many diplomatic achievements this year, with PM Modi leading the efforts

OUR BUREAU laration was the launch of the Glob-
al Biofuels Alliance. Prime Minister
New Delhi/Washington, DC
Modi said that it marks a watershed
s the year comes to an end moment in India’s quest towards sus-
and we look at it objectively, tainability and clean energy.
Ait can be said with no doubt The Global Biofuel Alliance was
that 2023 turned out to be a year of one of the priorities under India’s
big achievements for Indian diploma- G20 Presidency. Leading biofuel
cy with the G20 summit standing out producers and consumers, Brazil, In-
as the country’s diplomatic triumph dia, and the United States, are now
of the year. Through its G20 presi- working towards the development of
dency, India was able to get the most a Global Biofuels Alliance along with
influential, powerful, and consequen- other interested countries.
tial countries of the world to gather Another major takeaway was
around the table and discuss, agree the launch of a mega India-Middle
on some of the most pressing issues East-Europe shipping and railway
concerning the world today. connectivity corridor by India, the
As External Affairs Minister US, Saudi Arabia and the European
(EAM) S Jaishankar said, the G20 Union. The India-Middle East-Eu-
is like the World Cup of diplomacy, rope Economic Corridor (IMEE
where the biggest and strongest play- EC) will encourage and provide
ers come together. “When we took impetus to economic development
the presidency, people did not have through enhanced connectivity and
many expectations out of it. Through economic integration between Asia,
our G20, we bridged all the divides, West Asia/Middle East and Europe.
found a common ground for coun- MODI, BIDEN BOLSTER
tries which were otherwise arguing INDIA-US RELATIONS
among themselves, who found it very
difficult to reconcile. But we were he personal camaraderie be-
able to bridge it,” the EAM said in his tween Prime Minister Naren-
address at the Rotary Institute 2023 Tdra Modi and US President
event in Bengaluru on December 17. Joe Biden has pushed the bond be-
India assumed the G20 Presi- After successfully hosting the G20 meeting, PM Modi hands over the gavel of tween the two world’s largest democ-
dency on December 1, 2022. the G20 Presidency to Brazilian President Lula da Silva (ANI) racies to greater heights. President
The 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit Joe Biden has said the friendship be-
was held in New Delhi on September The biggest takeaway of the Chair’s Summary. tween the US and India was among
9 and 10. It saw the unanimous adop- declaration was that all 83 paras of Also, the declaration being the the most consequential in the world
tion of the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ the declaration were passed unani- most ambitious, contained 112 out- as the two countries signed several
Declaration, which demonstrated the mously with a 100 per cent consen- comes -- both the outcomes and an- major deals to further elevate their
commitment of the G20 leaders to ad- sus along with China and Russia in nexed documents -- which is two-and- strategic technology partnership.
dress global challenges in an inclusive, agreement. For the first time, the a-half- times more than any other. During PM Modi’s visit to the
decisive and action-oriented manner. declaration contained no footnote or Another big takeaway of the dec- Continued on next page... >>

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