New Delhi : India hosted the 3rd Voice of Global South Summit (VOGSS 3.0), with the overarching theme of “An Empowered Global South for a Sustainable Future” on 17 Aug 2024. H. E. Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, represented the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Foreign Ministers’ session in the theme “Global South and Global Governance” of the summit chaired by H. E. Dr. S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India.
In his address in the second Foreign Ministers’ Session, Dr. S Jaishankar highlighted the importance of:
i. Global institutions and governance architecture and the need to reform multilateralism to revive its credibility.
ii. The importance of access to finance and technology to unlock the development potential of the Global South.
iii. Need for collective initiatives to show greater willingness to act on issues of common interest.
iv. Making inter-dependence a strength through intensifying South-South interactions to ensure that exposures and vulnerabilities are not leveraged.
Voice of Global South envisages bringing together countries of the Global South to share their perspectives and priorities on a common platform across a whole range of issues. India had hosted the 1st Voice of Global South Summit from 12-13 January 2023, where H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Mubarak bin Daina, Minister of Oil and Environment, Bahrain represented Bahrain in the Energy
Ministers’ session of the summit chaired by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India. Deputy Prime Minister of Kingdom of Bahrain H.E. Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, represented
Kingdom of Bahrain at the Concluding Leaders’ session of the 2nd Voice of Global South Summit hosted by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 17 November 2023.
