Varanasi To Host G20 Development Ministers’ Meet: EAM Jaishankar

Varanasi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that Varanasi will host the G20 development ministers’ meeting.

Addressing students at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) today, Jaishankar said, “Kashi is one of the important venues for the G20 meetings. And one of the meetings, the development ministers’ meeting that I will chair, will be held here.”

“So you will be more likely to see me on the streets of Varanasi. India has become more dominant, regionally. Earlier, the world used to see India and Pakistan on equal terms but not anymore, not even Pakistan, he said.

“When the world looks at the rise of India, for them the contribution and successes of the diaspora are part of the story of the rise of India. So, we too have a responsibility. If so many Indians live abroad, it’s our duty to look after it (the diaspora),” the EAM said.