Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a bilateral meeting with Australian PM Anthony Albanese in Johannesburg ahead of the 20th G20 Leaders' Summit.

During the meeting, Albanese expressed condolences over the Red Fort terrorist attack and the bus crash in Saudi Arabia, in which several Indian Umrah pilgrims lost their lives

This is the first G20 Summit being held in Africa. The African Union became a member of the G20 during India’s presidency in 2023.

The theme of this year’s G20 has been ‘Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability’, by which South Africa has carried forward the outcomes from the previous Summits held in New Delhi, India and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In his departure statement, PM Modi said that the Summit will be an opportunity to discuss key global issues.

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