Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Saturday on the opening day of the G20 Summit that the African Union (AU) had been granted permanent member status in the group of top world economies.

While Western media spent much of early September focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s absence at the Group of 20 Top Economies (G20) Summit ...

G20 Summit sherpa Amitabh ... global challenges," said African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki on X. The G20 summit, hosted by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was seen as a crucial moment ...

Among them are the reform of multilateral development banks, the inclusion of the African Union and the focus ... Marg just days before the G20 Leaders’ Summit, Modi—dressed immaculately ...

Nigeria joined G20 Summit for the first time as a Guest Country..." Modi said. Modi highlighted the historic moment when both nations jointly supported the African Union’s permanent membership ...

Earlier PM Modi had invited the head of the African Union to take his seat as a member of the G20.The first session of the summit under the theme 'One Earth' started at Bharat Mandapam ...

according to the final declaration of the New Delhi summit of the group. "We welcome the African Union as a permanent member of the G20 and strongly believe that inclusion of the African Union ...