Delhi Declaration adopted at G20 Summit, big win as India brings consensus

Making the announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement, terming it as “historic and pathbreaking”.

"I have received good news. Due to the hard work of our team, consensus has been built on New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit Declaration. My proposal is to adopt this leadership declaration. I announce to adopt this declaration. On this occasion, I congratulate my Sherpa, ministers, who worked hard for it and made it possible," PM Modi said while making the announcement.

"It is my proposal that this G20 declaration be adopted," the Prime Minister said. The declaration was welcomed with G20 members thumping their desks.

Amitabh Kant. India’s G20 Sherpa, said the New Delhi Declaration - running into 38 paragraphs, was adopted with "100% consensus on all developmental and geo-political issues".

"The New Delhi Leaders Declaration has been officially adopted at the G20 India Leaders’ Summit! Today's era must be marked as the golden age of human-centric globalisation and India's G20 Presidency under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi has worked tirelessly towards this goal," Kant posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Earlier, it was reported that India was facing difficulties in creating a consensus on the "geopolitical paras" – as United States and Russia differed strongly on reference to the wording of the Ukraine crisis.

With the US pressing for a strong condemnation of Russia and Moscow making it clear that it will oppose any joint statement that does not reflect its views, coming up with one was a challenge.

However, a consensus was eventually reached despite the Ukraine issue.

Amitabh Kant said the declaration “demonstrated Prime Minister Modi's leadership in today's world.”

This effectively made G20 India "the most ambitious in the history of G20 presidencies", the top official said.

The New Delhi Leaders Declaration had a "huge India narrative, huge India footprint," the government said.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for closing the rift between the group members, bridging the "global trust deficit" that had been widened further by the war in Ukraine.

India presented a new text on the ongoing Ukraine crisis to end the impasse over the Delhi Declaration.

The New Delhi Leaders Declaration broadly focuses on 5 key areas:

Strong, Sustainable, Balanced, and Inclusive Growth

Accelerating Progress on #SDGs

Green Development Pact for a Sustainable Future

Multilateral Institutions for the 21st Century

Reinvigorating Multilateralism