Resistance to Global South: Jaishankar

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New Delhi: External affairs S. Jaishankar on Friday said there continues to be resistance to countries in the Global South shaping solutions to global challenges..

While change is the natural order, there continues to be a resistance for a greater role for the Global South in shaping solutions for the key issues of our times," Jaishankar said at the second edition of the Voices of the Global South summit..

The New Delhi Leaders Declaration will be remembered for bringing back the G20 focus on the real and serious concerns of the Global South," Jaishankar added..

The minister also pointed to concrete breakthroughs for the Global South during Indias G20 Presidency by highlighting the African Unions entry into the G20 as a permanent member..

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