NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed a cease-fire in Gaza that’s anticipated to allow the discharge of dozens of hostages taken by Hamas, and urged leaders of the highest wealthy and creating nations to work collectively to make sure the Israel-Hamas struggle doesn’t increase.

Hosting a digital assembly of Group of 20 leaders, Modi mentioned the hostages ought to be launched and humanitarian help expedited. India has the G20 presidency for 2023.

“Terrorism is not acceptable and civilians’ death is condemnable,” he mentioned.

Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day cease-fire within the struggle in Gaza — a breakthrough that can facilitate the discharge of dozens of hostages held by militants in addition to Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, and convey a big inflow of assist to the besieged territory, officers mentioned Wednesday. The truce raised hopes of finally winding down the struggle, which was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 rampage into southern Israel.

There was no official Indian assertion on participation by President Joe Biden or China’s President Xi Jinping within the G20 summit. Biden attended the September G20 assembly in New Delhi that added the African Union as a member.

Television photos confirmed Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attending the digital summit.

India’s External Affairs Ministry has scheduled a briefing after the closed-door session of the digital summit.

Modi urged the G20 leaders to push for efficient implementation of varied selections made at their September summit in New Delhi. Those embrace local weather financing, reforms of multinational improvement banks and work on the creation of a framework for moral and synthetic intelligence in addition to creating a typical framework for digital public infrastructure.

Other points important to creating international locations embrace different fuels like hydrogen, useful resource effectivity and meals safety.

Modi introduced the creation of a social influence fund with an preliminary contribution of $25 million to assist creating international locations meet sustainable improvement objectives. He urged different international locations to affix the initiative.

“Artificial intelligence should reach the people and it must be safe for the society,” Modi mentioned. He invited all G20 member international locations to attend a Global AI summit in New Delhi subsequent month.

India is selling itself as a bridge to the creating world and a rising world participant. Ahead of the G20 digital summit, Modi held an identical assembly with 130 leaders of principally creating international locations.

India’s G20 presidency ends on Nov. 30 and the baton is being handed to Brazil for 2024.