The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh left Los Cabos in Mexico this morning after attending G-20 Summit, for Rio De Janeiro in Brazil to attend the Rio+20 summit. The three-day meeting will be attended by 193 nations.
The crucial summit on global development kicks off later today in a fresh bid to rally the world behind a common environmental blueprint amid economic woes and discord. As calls go out to world leaders to commit to reaching an accord that addresses the most pressing environment and social woes, Dr. Manmohan Singh will pitch for the principle of common but differentiated responsibility during the meeting.
US President Barack Obama and leaders of Germany and Britain — Angela Merkel and David Cameron — are not attending the two-day Summit, officially called the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton is leading the US delegation. India is also expected to voice its opposition to the Green Economy norms as propagated by the European Union.
Earlier in a statement after the conclusion of the G-20 summit, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan said that the Los Cabos declaration only reflects India's initiative that investment on infrastructure in developing countries can play a major role in strengthening development and in stimulating global recovery. Prime Minister said there was general agreement among leaders of G-20 nations that policy in all countries must shift to strengthenging growth and the most urgent problem that must be tackled is to reduce uncertainty in the Euro zone. He said the G20 countires have responded to the need to enhance the resources of IMF to enable it to play its role in the current situation. On India's contributing 10 billion dollars to the IMF, the Dr Singh said it reflects the recognition that as a responsible player in the global community India has to play its part.