Overview
- After meeting Anthony Albanese and Mark Carney, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Australia‑Canada‑India Technology and Innovation Partnership to deepen cooperation on emerging tech, supply chains, clean energy and AI.
- Modi proposed six G20 initiatives covering a counter drug‑terror nexus plan, a global healthcare response team, an Africa skills multiplier, a traditional knowledge repository, an open satellite data partnership and a critical minerals circularity drive.
- Leaders adopted a declaration that condemned terrorism, called to scale climate finance from billions to trillions, advanced a G20 critical minerals framework and referenced debt vulnerabilities and disaster resilience, with the text drafted without U.S. participation and criticized by a White House official.
- India’s G20 lead said the summit delivered a strong message on disaster resilience, debt sustainability for low‑income countries, harnessing critical minerals and financing a just energy transition, with Africa’s priorities reflected in the text.
- Modi’s bilateral with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa covered trade, investment, AI, digital public infrastructure and critical minerals, with both sides pledging to facilitate new investments, expand youth exchanges and coordinate as India prepares to chair BRICS in 2026.