India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant has emphasised the need for all G20 member nations to collectively address health, food and energy security challenges in an urgent, cooperative, non-politicised and equitable manner.
Kant's remarks at a two-day meeting of the G20 Sherpas in Labuan Bajo in Indonesia came in the midst of growing global concerns over food and energy crisis fuelled by the conflict in Ukraine.
The meeting hosted by Indonesia in its capacity as the chair of G20 concluded on Monday and it reviewed the progress made under various working groups of the G20 Sherpa track.
"He emphasised the importance of all G20 members collectively addressing health, food and energy security challenges expeditiously, in an urgent, cooperative, non-politicised and equitable manner," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
"He emphasised the importance of all G20 members collectively addressing health, food and energy security challenges expeditiously, in an urgent, cooperative, non-politicised and equitable manner," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
The Western powers have been blaming Russia for the energy and food security concerns.
The MEA said Kant also spoke about the need to protect and promote interests of small and marginal farmers, and to mainstream sustainability into tourism sector besides highlighting the importance of data and digitalisation for development, empowerment, financial inclusion and sustainable job creation.
In his interventions on various sector specific sessions such as health, agriculture, tourism, digital economy, energy, environment and climate, Kant reaffirmed India's steadfast support to Indonesia during its G20 presidency.
He also outlined India's achievements and experiences, and called for addressing global challenges in an "inclusive, forward looking and cooperative manner", the MEA said.
The meeting of the G20 Sherpas came two days after the foreign ministers of the member nations of the bloc held extensive deliberations on the pressing global challenges in a meeting in Bali. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the deliberations.
Source Name:- EconomicTimes