G20 foreign ministers first meeting kicked off in New Delhi this Wednesday with invasion of Ukraine as one of the main axes of conversations between foreign ministers and Tensions between China, Russia and the US at the table too.
“I hope that today’s meeting will reflect the spirit of coming together to achieve common and concrete goals,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a video message at the opening of the sessions. said. “Trust your collective wisdom,” he added.
Seeking reconciliation between the group of major economies, including the United States, Russia, and China, and the group of most developing countries, Answer unanimously to the war in Ukraine It is key for the G20, which has previously failed to reach a common agreement. A senior European Union official, who asked not to be named, told EFE that Russia should feel the pressure from the world to end the conflict. The source said Western countries would seek a joint agreement condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but acknowledged that this would be a difficult task because “Russia has strong support from China”.
Already in the southern city of Bangalore, when G20 finance ministers met last week to coincide with the anniversary of the start of the conflict, Beijing supported Moscow in its refusal to sign a treaty condemning the United States. war. India hopes the challenges of counterterrorism, as well as other related issues such as energy and food security created by the global crisis, will move forward in the discussions. In this way, it aims both to create a consensus around the G20 and to be the “voice of the global south” at a critical moment due to the debt of many countries that were deeply affected by the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine. coronavirus pandemic.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken; and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The conflict between Washington and Beijing, which has escalated recently after China’s bursting of the surveillance bubble and the White House’s announcement that it will ban the Tik Tok application among its officials, will also be in the background in the meetings to be held in the coming days. New Delhi. .