The G20 foreign ministers have been asked by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put aside their differences and concentrate on the concerns of the developing world.
“We are gathering now amid severe global divisions. We owe it to people who aren’t in this room, “He informed the Delhin ministers.
India intends to utilize its G20 chairmanship to raise concerns for the Global South of developing nations.
Yet internal disagreements over the conflict in Ukraine will put Indian diplomacy to the test.
The first ministerial conference leading up to the G20 summit later this year, held last week in Bangalore (Bengaluru), saw the finance ministers of the group fail to agree on a concluding statement.
The chair’s summary was left up to India, who acknowledged “differing perceptions of the situation” in Ukraine among the group. Similar obstacles are likely to arise during the Thursday’s talks between the foreign ministers.
Mr. Modi’s address on Thursday made it clear that India intended to produce accords that might aid the developing countries and support its global ambitions.
“We now run the risk of reversing years of progress on the sustainable development goals. Several emerging nations are battling with unmanageable debts while attempting to safeguard the security of their food and energy sources “said he.
“Furthermore, they are most impacted by global warming brought on by wealthy nations. For this reason, India’s G20 presidency has made an effort to give the Global South a voice.”
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The G20 accounts for two-thirds of the world’s population and 85% of the world’s economic production. It is made up of the world’s 19 richest countries as well as the European Union.
Sergey Lavrov of Russia, Antony Blinken of the United States, and Qin Gang of China are among the foreign ministers attending the summit in Delhi. According to a veteran Indian ambassador, India would need to “do something unique” to persuade them to put aside their concerns regarding the war.
According to experts, Delhi would also have the difficult problem of upholding its non-alignment policy regarding the conflict while pleading with other countries to find methods to cooperate.
Delhi has defied pressure and kept to its stance of avoiding direct criticism of Russia, the country that supplies India with the majority of its weapons.
Iran often abstains from casting a vote on UN resolutions denouncing the conflict in Ukraine, most recently last week during the UN General Assembly.
Additionally, it has defended its choice to bring in more oil from Russia by claiming that it must meet the requirements of over a billion people.
The UN Charter, international law, and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states have all been mentioned in previous remarks the EU has made regarding Ukraine.
Indirect criticism of Russia was perceived in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement made last autumn on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization conference. In front of President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Modi declared that “war is not the era of today” during the Uzbek conference.
Despite Mr. Modi’s efforts, observers predict that Thursday’s meetings would be overshadowed by the tensions surrounding Ukraine. Even before to the meeting’s start, it dominated some G20 members’ statements.
“This war has to be condemned,” Josep Borrell, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, told reporters following the meeting, according to news agency Reuters.
He expressed his hope and confidence that India will use its diplomatic abilities to persuade Russia that the war needed to end.
On Wednesday, India’s top diplomat Vinay Kwatra said that while the war in Ukraine would be an important point of discussion, “issues relating to food, energy and fertiliser security, the impact that the conflict has on these economic challenges that we confront” would also receive “proper priority”.
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