Israel-Hamas war: Modi calls for dialogue, restraint
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- PM condemns civilian deaths
The News Freedom
New Delhi, November 17
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India strongly condemned the civilian deaths in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. “We are all seeing that new challenges are emerging from events in the West Asia region. India has condemned the heinous terrorist attack in Israel on October 7. Along with restraint, we have also emphasized on dialogue and diplomacy. We strongly condemn the deaths of civilians in the conflict between Israel and Hamas,” the Prime Minister said while addressing the inaugural session of the Second Voice of Global South Summit.
“After talking to President Mahmoud Abbas, we have also sent humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine. It is time that the countries of the Global South speak with one voice for the greater global good,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister further said that in December last year, when India assumed the presidency of the G-20, we considered it our responsibility to amplify the voice of the countries of the Global South in this forum. “Our priority was to make the G-20 inclusive and human-centric on a global scale. Our effort was that the focus of G-20 should be – the development of the people, by the people and for the people. It is with this objective that we organised the Voice of Global South Summit for the first time in January this year,” he said. The Prime Minister said that in more than 200 G-20 meetings held in different states of India, we gave prominence to the priorities of the Global South. As a result, we were successful in getting everyone’s consent on the issues of the Global South in the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration.
“For “One Earth One Family One Future” let us all move forward together with 5-Cs, 5-Cs, when I talk about 5-Cs – consultation, cooperation, communication, creativity and capacity building,” the Prime Minister said.