Ambassador Interview: Brazil will build on the legacy of India’s G20 presidency

Brazil will formally take over the G20 presidency from India on December 1, 2023. As Brazil prepares for this defining date in its diplomatic calendar Brazil’s Ambassador to India Kenneth Félix Haczynski da Nóbrega tells Manish Chand, CEO, India Writes Network and Centre for Global India Insights, that his country will follow the Indian example by linking global challenges with domestic priorities of combating poverty and ensuring social cohesion. Lauding India for managing the G20 consensus on the Ukraine issue, the envoy underlines that Brazil will carry forward the core agenda of India’s G20 presidency, with its own distinctive stamp.   

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India’s G20 Moment: Forging A Human-centric World Order

It’s India’s shining moment under the sun as New Delhi hosts the summit of the leaders of the world’s top economies on September 9-10. The G20 summit signals a new peak India has scaled in terms of its global standing and prestige, with its presidency widely seen as pathbreaking and transformational, holding the key to a clutch of burning global issues. India’s drive to include the 54-nation African Union as a full member of the G20 is an extension of New Delhi’s focus on the Global South and forging an inclusive world order. The decision to include the AU as the 21st member of G20 was unanimously taken by the leaders of the G20 countries at the inaugural session of the G20 summit. It was formally announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he invited the AU president to join the summit.

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G20 Conversation: India has put Sustainable Infrastructure on G20 Agenda

In this conversation with Manish Chand, CEO & Editor-in-Chief,   India and The World,  and Director, Centre for Global India Insights, a think tank focused on global affairs, Nicolas J.A. Buchoud, the co-chair of the T20 India TF3 and special advisor to the Indian National Institute for Urban Affairs (NIUA) for the U20, highlights the need for promoting sustainable infrastructure in the Global South, and underlines that India will have a pivotal role to play in this process.

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