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Indian PM Modi proposes full G20 membership for African Union

The Indian prime minister speaks at a special session of the Business 20 Summit ahead of the G20 Summit to be held in September, in New Delhi. [Manish Swarup/AP Photo]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed to make the African Union (AU) a full member of the Group of 20, while also pitching his country as the solution to supply chain woes in advance of the bloc’s summit in New Delhi next month.

“We have a vision of inclusiveness and with that vision, we have invited the African Union to become permanent members of the G20,” Modi said on Sunday as he addressed the Business 20 Summit in New Delhi days before the September 9-10 G20 summit.

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