PTI
India emerged as a “friend” and “consensus builder” in the world following its successful G20 presidency, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, describing it as a “notable period” in the country’s diplomatic history.
In an address at a book-launch ceremony, Jaishankar especially referred to New Delhi managing to produce a leaders’ declaration at the G20 Summit in September last year, overcoming divisions over the Ukraine conflict.
“We had a particularly exciting last 48 hours before we came to that consensus,” he said in an oblique reference to the hectic negotiations that went on to bridge the differences over the text to describe the Ukraine conflict in the declaration.
