#WION South Africa High Commissioner Prof Sooklal Says PM Modi’s G20 Visit Shows India-South Africa Bond

Speaking to WION’s Sidhant Sibal, the High Commissioner hoped that India will open its prestigious IIT institute in South Africa, pointing, “we have a shortage of skills, and especially what your IITs have done for India, and how you have provided experts to the major multinationals globally. This is one area where we’d like to see deeper cooperation”.

South Africa hosts the historic first African G20 Summit in Johannesburg on Nov 22–23, 2025, with focus on global south debt relief, energy transitions, and inequality reduction. The event, however, is being boycotted by US President Donald Trump, a choice High Commissioner Sooklal cast in blunt terms. “By not being present, it’s not just a snub to the G20, it’s not just a snub to South Africa,” he said. “It’s a snub to an entire continent of 1.4 to 1.5 billion people—and that’s how Africa sees it. It’s also a snub to the entire Global South.” HC Sooklal, who has been South Africa’s sherpa for BRICS, also spoke about that grouping, and other issues.

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