PM Modi Holds Key Talks with UN Chief and UK PM at G20, Pushes Global Reform Agenda
PM Modi holds crucial talks with UN chief and UK PM.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in high-level bilateral discussions with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the sidelines of the 19th G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, reinforcing India’s growing influence in steering critical conversations on sustainable development, counter-terrorism financing, and post-pandemic global health architecture.
In his address during the summit’s inaugural session on “One Earth, One Family, One Future,” Modi called for a fundamental overhaul of existing multilateral development models, arguing that outdated frameworks are failing to tackle 21st-century challenges such as climate change, debt distress in developing nations, and the weaponization of food and energy supplies by adversarial actors.
The Prime Minister proposed the creation of a dedicated G20 task force to dismantle the dangerous nexus between transnational drug cartels and terror networks, emphasizing that illicit narcotics trade remains one of the largest funding sources for global terrorism and destabilizing activities across multiple continents.
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Modi’s meeting with António Guterres was described as exceptionally fruitful, covering a wide spectrum of issues from UN Security Council reform and peacekeeping operations to climate finance and the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, with both leaders committing to deepen India-UN collaboration on counter-terrorism and disaster resilience initiatives.
The interaction with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer injected fresh momentum into bilateral ties, with both sides pledging to expedite negotiations on a comprehensive free-trade agreement, expand defense industrial cooperation under the “Make in India” framework, and intensify joint efforts in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and green hydrogen.
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