Joe Biden and other G20 leaders paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at his Memorial Rajghat in New Delhi.
US President Joe Biden praised the partnership between India and the USA and said that it is based on Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of trust and cooperation between the two countries.
Thank you, Prime Minister for bringing us here today,” Joe Biden said in a post on platform X (formerly known as Twitter).
Joe Biden also posted a picture of him and other G20 leaders paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial.
At the memorial, PM Narendra Modi welcomed Joe Biden and G20 leaders with an ‘angvastram’ or stole having in the background an image of Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat.
The G20 leaders later paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by laying wreaths together at his samadhi. Joe Biden shared a video of the same.
Earlier, the US president said this year’s G20 summit has proven that the grouping can still drive solutions to its most pressing issues.
“At a moment when the global economy is suffering from the overlapping shocks of the climate crisis, fragility, and conflict, this year’s Summit proved that the G20 can still drive solutions to our most pressing issues,” Joe Biden said.