Brisbane: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday made a strong pitch for repatriation of black money by using the G20 platform to urge the need for close coordination among countries to address the challenge of black money and pushed for global standards on automatic exchange of information.

Addressing a G-20 session titled, "Delivering Global Economic Resilience", the prime minister said: "Close coordination is important not just for addressing the challenge of black money but also security issues like terrorism, drug trafficking, arms smuggling," according to tweets posted by the external affairs ministry.