No joint assertion in overseas ministers’ meet as Ukraine situation takes centre stage
3 min readExpress News Service
NEW DELHI: The G20 overseas ministers’ meet concluded in New Delhi on Thursday and not using a joint assertion as a result of sharp rift between the West and Russia over the Ukraine battle regardless of efforts by host India to bridge the variations.
“We worked hard to get on the same page but there were a few differences. The good point is that on most issues we all were in agreement,” stated External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. However, a ‘Chair’s abstract and final result doc’ was issued for the primary time in a G20 overseas ministers’ assembly. The doc talked about two paragraphs on the Ukraine battle however the footnote stated all nations, besides Russia and China, agreed to them. The two paragraphs had been taken from G20’s Bali declaration.
Notably, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke with one another on the sidelines of the assembly. “I spoke with Lavrov and asked him to end this aggression and bring about peace through dialogue and diplomacy. I also requested him to release Paul Whelan (former US marine facing a 16-year jail term in Russia after he was arrested in 2018 on suspicion of spying),” stated Blinken including that there have been many points which each and every member had a consensus on.
Meanwhile, Lavrov stated Russia didn’t reject any proposal to discover a political answer to the Ukraine battle. Praising India’s efforts on this path, he stated: “Our relationship with India is characterised as special strategic partnership… We appreciate the dignified position of India.”
NEW DELHI: The G20 overseas ministers’ meet concluded in New Delhi on Thursday and not using a joint assertion as a result of sharp rift between the West and Russia over the Ukraine battle regardless of efforts by host India to bridge the variations.
“We worked hard to get on the same page but there were a few differences. The good point is that on most issues we all were in agreement,” stated External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. However, a ‘Chair’s abstract and final result doc’ was issued for the primary time in a G20 overseas ministers’ assembly. The doc talked about two paragraphs on the Ukraine battle however the footnote stated all nations, besides Russia and China, agreed to them. The two paragraphs had been taken from G20’s Bali declaration.
Notably, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke with one another on the sidelines of the assembly. “I spoke with Lavrov and asked him to end this aggression and bring about peace through dialogue and diplomacy. I also requested him to release Paul Whelan (former US marine facing a 16-year jail term in Russia after he was arrested in 2018 on suspicion of spying),” stated Blinken including that there have been many points which each and every member had a consensus on.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Meanwhile, Lavrov stated Russia didn’t reject any proposal to discover a political answer to the Ukraine battle. Praising India’s efforts on this path, he stated: “Our relationship with India is characterised as special strategic partnership… We appreciate the dignified position of India.”
