G20 ministers fail in their attempt to reach consensus on war in Ukraine

The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on Thursday failed to reach a joint agreement due to differences in positions on the conflict in Ukraine, in which the West and its allies clashed with Moscow and Beijing.

Today’s meeting repeated the same pattern that derailed the meeting of finance ministers G20 a week ago from Russia and China, showing its opposition to the same two key points for the G20, which is finding it increasingly difficult to reach a joint agreement.

“The summary was made because there were disagreements on the issue Ukrainewhich we have not been able to agree between the parties with different positions,” Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said at a press conference, explaining the reasons that prevented the group from presenting a joint agreement.

The discrepancies were “only” in two paragraphs of the final text, said the Indian minister, who wanted to insist that on all other points the ministers were on the same page, so this could not be regarded as a failure of the meeting.

“In terms of a clause of agreement, almost 95 percent, and in only two clauses we were unable to bring everyone to the same page,” Jaishankar noted, seeing this result as “a proof of commitment G20 facing the challenges of the world.

points of contention

Instead of an agreement, the presidency G20in Indian hands, presented a summary that is limited to summarizing the issues discussed at the meeting and the differences.

The summary clarifies that the paragraphs condemning the invasion of Ukraine and the right to uphold “international law and a multilateral system that guarantees peace and stability” were again rejected Russia and Chinese.

“The majority of members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and emphasized that this is causing enormous human suffering and exacerbating existing weaknesses in the global economy: limiting growth, increasing inflation, disrupting supply chains, increasing energy and food insecurity, and increasing risks to financial stability,” the document says.

However, “there were other points of view and different assessments of the situation and sanctions”, which prevented a unanimous answer on this item after voting against Russia and China, keep going.

Both countries have kept their position unchanged since the Bali summit last November, where no consensus was reached precisely because they disagreed on these points, and Indonesia was forced to release a final statement in the light of the group’s meetings and disagreements.

Already in the southern city of Bangalore, when finance ministers G20 Timed to coincide with the anniversary of the start of the conflict, the countries failed to reach an agreement due to the refusal of Beijing and Moscow to condemn the war in writing.

voice of the south

The lack of agreement is also frustrating for India, which has tried to divide the war in Ukraine not focus the debate or obscure other fundamental discussions that affect the developing and emerging market countries most affected by the global situation.

“Is conflict affecting the global south? Yes, sure. India has been saying this strongly for almost a year now, and today I took my speech to say that this is a problem for the global south,” said the Indian Foreign Minister. deploring the fact that this has hindered progress on issues related to the energy, food and financial crisis.

(As reported by EFE)

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