India To Host 'voice Of Global South' Summit

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) -- India will host the 'Voice of Global South' Summit on Jan 12 and 13, with more than 120 countries being invited to participate in the summit. The republic's Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said the global summit which will be held virtually under the theme "Unity of Voice, Unity of Purpose”, envisages bringing together countries of the Global South to share their perspective and priorities across a whole range of issues, on a common platform. "India will work to ensure that the valuable inputs generated from partner countries in the summit deliberations receive due cognisance globally," said the statement. The statement said the global summit will also be an opportunity for countries that are not part of the G20 process to share their ideas and expectations through this mechanism with the G20. "This is in line with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that India’s G20 Presidency will be shaped in consultation with not just our G20 partners, but also our fellow-travellers in the Global South, whose voice often goes unheard," it added. The Summit will have ten sessions, with four sessions to be held on Jan 12, and six sessions the following day. Each session is expected to witness the participation of leaders and ministers from 10 to 20 countries. "The inaugural and concluding sessions would be at Head of State/ Government level, and hosted by the (Indian) Prime Minister. "The theme of the Inaugural Leaders’ session is ‘Voice of Global South – for Human-Centric Development’ and that of the Concluding Leaders’ session is ‘Unity of Voice - Unity of Purpose’,” said the statement, adding there would be eight ministerial sessions, with different themes. -- BERNAMA