PM Modi urges G-20 nations to align with UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Coping with the terrorist threat and assisting refugees is only possible by combined efforts, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an informal meeting of the leaders of the BRICS countries, which is running on the margins of the G20 summit in Antalya. On the sidelines of the G20 meeting, Prime Minister Modi is meeting leaders of BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa—to review their two initiatives launched past year, the BRICS bank and the contingent reserve arrangement.

“I propose that we consider how G20 can build support systems that focus on countries with maximum growth potential, help address specific bottlenecks there and facilitate implementation of country strategies”, he said, adding that the grouping of world’s top 20 economies including U.S. and China must continue to focus on infrastructure.

In the worst ever terror attacks by ISIS in Paris on November 13, at least 129 people were killed and 352 injured, many in critical condition.

Entire humanity must stand together against terrorism and bring inclusive solutions.

As the two-day Summit began in this Turkish coastal resort town, the US President Barack Obama vowed to stand with France in hunting down the perpetrators of Paris attacks and said, The killing of innocent people based on a twisted ideology is an attack not just on France, not just on Turkey but it is an attack on the civilized world.

Asserting that India’s goals were in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the G-20 nations to align themselves with the SDGs as it would stimulate faster and broad-based economic growth. We share the sorrow of Russian Federation for the lost lives in the fallen aircraft in Sinai.

“We are confronted with a collective terrorism activity around the world”, the Turkish president said. “And, this has come at a time of huge global challenges”, he said. “Ankara and Beirut are also reminders of terror’s growing spread and impact”. “Together, we can also give shape to G20”, Modi said.

BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, a group of developing or newly-industrialized countries formed in 2009. “BRICS leaders believe it is necessary to set up a universal counter-terrorism front”, said a statement by the group of five emerging economies, quoting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.