In his opening remarks at the summit Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, was made a permanent member of the G20. Source: G20 India
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00:00 It is in the spirit of together with all that
00:03 India proposed permanent membership for the
00:08 African Union in the G20.
00:14 I am confident that we have a consensus on this
00:20 proposal with your concurrence.
00:30 Before we proceed, I would like to invite the chair
00:44 of the African Union to take his place as a
00:50 permanent member of the G20.
00:54 (Applause.)