PM Concludes Barzil's Visit After G20, Emplanes For Guyana

Rio de Janeiro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left for Guyana on last leg of his three-nation tour after attending G20 Summit in Brazil, where he met global leers, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Modi arrived in South American country after wrapping up a "productive" visit to Nigeria, where he held bilateral talks with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and interacted with Indian community.

Announcing his departure from Brazil, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a post on X, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes for Guyana, last leg of his three-nation visit, after a constructive and fruitful G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro." In Brazil, Modi was welcomed on Monday by Indian community with Sanskrit chants after his arrival. Cultural performances were also held to welcome him.

On Monday, Modi briefly interacted with Biden on sidelines of G20 Summit in ir first exchanges following US presidential election.

In an dress at a session at G20 Summit on Monday, Modi said India's G20 me of "One Earth, One Family, One Future" was as relevant at ongoing summit as it was last year.

countries of Global South are most versely impacted by food, fuel and fertiliser crisis caused by global conflicts and G20 must focus on dressing it, Modi said.

Biden, Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Macron and Starmer were among leers attending two-day summit in Rio de Janeiro.

On India's initiatives to deal with hunger and poverty, Modi said India h pulled 250 million people out of poverty in last 10 years and was distributing free foodgrains to 800 million people in country.

prime minister also highlighted steps taken by India to strengn food security in Africa and elsewhere.

Earlier on Tuesday, Modi held several bilateral meetings on sidelines of G20 Summit.

He met leers from Brazil, Italy, Indonesia and Portugal, Norway, Chile, Argentina, Egypt, South Korea and discussed ways to deepen ties in sectors such as defence, security, tre and technology.

During talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, leers took stock of full range of bilateral ties while reaffirming India's commitment to improving cooperation in sectors such as energy, biofuels, defence and agriculture.

He also met Macron and discussed ways to keep working closely in sectors such as space, energy and AI.

prime minister also complimented French president on France's successful hosting of Olympic Games and Paralympics in Paris earlier this year.

Modi also h a meeting with his UK counterpart Starmer during which he expressed eagerness to work closely in areas such as technology, green energy, security, innovation and technology.

Following bilateral meeting, Starmer announced that tre talks with India would be relaunched in new year.

Meanwhile, India and Italy unveiled an ambitious five-year strategic action plan that outlined specific initiatives in key sectors of defence, tre, clean energy and connectivity following extensive talks between Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni.

action plan 2025-29 identified 10 specific pillars for vancing bilateral engagement that included economic cooperation and investments, energy transition, space, defence, security, migration and mobility, and people-to-people exchanges.

On Tuesday, India and Australia officially launched Renewable Energy Partnership that aims to boost two-way investment in renewable energy sectors as Modi held talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese.

two leers held second India-Australia Annual Summit on sidelines of G20 Summit, during which y reiterated ir commitment to furr vance Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in myri areas such as defence and security, tre and investment, education, skills, sports, space, mobility and people-to-people ties.

Modi's visit to Guyana till November 21 comes at invitation of President Mohamed Irfaan Ali. It will be first visit of an Indian prime minister to Guyana in more than 50 years. 

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