MoS Muraleedharan to represent India at G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting hosted by Brazil
| 2024-02-19
Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan is visiting Brazil on February 21-22,2024
India has conveyed its support to Brazil’s G20 priorities, under the theme ‘Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet’
Continuing India’s deep engagement with the G20 after a successful presidency, Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan will represent the country at the grouping’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) in Rio de Janeiro on February 21-22, 2024.
This is the first ministerial meeting after Brazil assumed the G20 Presidency from India on December 1, 2023, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday (February 19, 2024) as it announced MoS Muraleedharan’s visit.
The G20 Foreign Ministers have been meeting as a group since 2012, and the FMM in Rio would be its 10th meeting. Over the years, the G20 FMM has grown in importance and has become a valuable forum for discussions on a range of international issues and related matters of shared concern among G20 Members, the MEA said.
India (previous president) is a member of the G20 Troika together with Brazil (current president) and South Africa (next president). The MEA noted that India has conveyed its support to Brazil’s G20 priorities, under the theme ‘Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet’ on (i) Social inclusion and fight against hunger and poverty; (ii) Energy transitions and sustainable development; and (iii) Global governance reforms.
All working groups and mechanisms of India’s G20 Presidency are continuing under the Brazilian Presidency. A new Working Group on Empowerment of Women and a new Engagement Group "Judiciary 20” have also been added by Brazil.
During his visit, MoS V Muraleedharan will participate in both FMM sessions, first on "G20’s role in dealing with ongoing international tensions”, and second on "Global governance reform”. He will also attend the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on February 22, 2024.
On the sidelines of the FMM, he will hold bilateral meetings with partner countries from the Global South.
This is the first ministerial meeting after Brazil assumed the G20 Presidency from India on December 1, 2023, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday (February 19, 2024) as it announced MoS Muraleedharan’s visit.
The G20 Foreign Ministers have been meeting as a group since 2012, and the FMM in Rio would be its 10th meeting. Over the years, the G20 FMM has grown in importance and has become a valuable forum for discussions on a range of international issues and related matters of shared concern among G20 Members, the MEA said.
India (previous president) is a member of the G20 Troika together with Brazil (current president) and South Africa (next president). The MEA noted that India has conveyed its support to Brazil’s G20 priorities, under the theme ‘Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet’ on (i) Social inclusion and fight against hunger and poverty; (ii) Energy transitions and sustainable development; and (iii) Global governance reforms.
All working groups and mechanisms of India’s G20 Presidency are continuing under the Brazilian Presidency. A new Working Group on Empowerment of Women and a new Engagement Group "Judiciary 20” have also been added by Brazil.
During his visit, MoS V Muraleedharan will participate in both FMM sessions, first on "G20’s role in dealing with ongoing international tensions”, and second on "Global governance reform”. He will also attend the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on February 22, 2024.
On the sidelines of the FMM, he will hold bilateral meetings with partner countries from the Global South.
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