India PM Modi says G20 leaders' declaration adopted

Indian prime minister and G20 host Narendra Modi said that the body had reached consensus on its leaders' declaration and announced its adoption.  Details of the joint communique are yet to be released. Indian civil servant Amitabh Kant, a key organizer of the New Delhi summit, said that Saturday's discussions proved this year was the most "ambitious" in the bloc's history.

Meanwhile, the African Union joined the Group of 20 leading economies at its summit on Saturday, giving the continent more of a voice on the global stage. As the G20, the grouping included 19 countries and the European Union, representing 85 percent of the world GDP, with South Africa, its only member state from the continent. The G20 meeting, which started on Saturday, is expected to continue until Sunday.