Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to include Africa as a member of the G20 grouping received "overwhelming support" from member countries, an official said.
The third G20 Sherpas' meeting begins in Hampi from Thursday.
Prime Minister Modi had written to the G20 member countries to include Africa as a member of G20 during India's ongoing Presidency.
G20 Sherpas will start co-authoring the revised draft of the leaders’ communique from Thursday, which will be released during the leaders’ summit in September in New Delhi.
"We had sent the draft communique 10 days ago. We have received comments on the draft and