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NEW DELHI: The African Union formally took its seat as a new member of the G20 Saturday at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The expansion of the bloc is a notable diplomatic victory for Modi, who faces national elections next year and has used hosting rights for this year’s forum to burnish his image as an international statesman.

Before his opening speech, Modi greeted African Union chair and Comoros President Azali Assoumani with a warm hug.

“India put a proposal to give permanent membership of G20 to the African Union. I believe that with we have everyone’s agreement on this,” Modi said in his opening address to the summit.

“With everyone’s approval, I request the African Union head to take his seat as a permanent G20 member,” he added, banging a ceremonial gavel.

Assoumani then took his seat among world leaders at the invitation of India’s foreign affairs minister S. Jaishankar.

Finding consensus among members has been increasingly difficult in recent years with deep divisions on the Ukraine war.

“The world has a huge crisis of trust,” Modi said in his opening remarks.

“War has made this trust deficit deeper. If we can defeat Covid, we can also conquer this mutual trust crisis.”

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SAMIR SARDANA Sep 09, 2023 04:46pm
ON THE DAY WHEN CHAIWALA GOT IN THE AU - A DISASTER OCCURED IN AFRICA - MOROCCO QUAKE ! MOROCCO JOINED AU AFTER 33 YEARS IN 2017 ! AND THEN ON THE DAY,WHEN CHAIWALA GOT IN THE AU - THE CURSE TOOK ITS TOLL ! IT NEVER ENDS ! 800 KILLED IN MOROCCO AIM OF CHAIWALA IS TO USE THE ALT-SILK ROUTE LOAN DIPLOMACY OF PRC IN AFRICA ! GETTING AU A SEAT ON THE TABLE IS GOOD THEATRICS - BUT AU NEEDS MONEY ! WHO WILL GIVE THE MONEY TO AU ? ONLY CHINA ! THIS IS 1 MORE REASON AS TO Y EMPEROR XI DID NOT ATTEND ! WILL THIS MAKE CHAIWALA, A STATESMAN ? SAMIR SARDANA ARE THE AFRICANS READING THE BEADS RIGHT ! AU HAS TO CHOOSE - CHAIWALA OR CHINA ? A NATION WHICH SEALS OFF ITS CAPITAL FOR A SUMMIT ! IS THAT PLANNING ? SAMIR SARDANA
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