India to work towards building focus on green development pact in G-20

India on Friday vowed to work towards building a consensus among the G-20 nations for a green development pact to facilitate investments in sustainable lifestyle and pitched for larger discussions on "data for development" to bridge digital divide among various countries. In a virtual address at a session of the Voice of the Global South Summit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar flagged unsustainable debt, trade barriers, contracting financial flows and climate pressure as some of the key challenges facing the developing countries. He also called for working collectively towards a "new globalisation paradigm" and said a more democratic and equitable world can only be built on greater diversification and localisation of capabilities.

Addressing the Foreign Ministers’ Session on G20 at the Voice of Global South Summit. https://t.co/Gd4DOcoP5B

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"Some powers have been singularly focused on their own advantage, to the exclusion of the well-being of the international community. And the G-20, reflecting the composition of its membership, has had its own particular focus. This is what we are seeking to change," he added.