NEW DELHI, June 12, 2023 (BSS)-Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar welcomed the delegates at the venue for the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting (DMM) formally began this morning in Varanasi, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Varanasi Development Ministers’ Meeting is taking place amidst mounting of developmental challenges that have been further aggravated by the economic slowdown, debt distress, impacts of climate change and food and energy insecurity. As many as 200 delegates including ministers, officials and development experts of G20 and its guest countries have been attending the event being held under the G20 Indian Presidency. Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen, who is attending the meeting at the invitation of his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, will make interventions in different sessions of the high profile G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting. The Development Ministers’ Meeting was preceded by the fourth and final Development Working Group (DWG) Meeting, which was held in Delhi from June 6-9.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha June 12, 2023 11:52 UTC