He G20 is no longer just a forum for economic coordination among the most powerful powers in the world. Ever since Russia decided to invade Ukraine a year ago, the Group of Twenty meetings have focused mainly on the sphere of global securitybecoming a speaker for vindicate the position of each country on the war and on a platform to find a solution to the conflict.
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This Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the members of the organization met in new delhi (India) on the first day of the summit that follows the one held in Bali last November and where the international isolation of Moscow was evidenced. Officially, the meetings start this Thursday, but the agenda has already been marked by discord.
On the eve of the meeting, the Secretary of State of the United States, Anthony Blinkenhas already announced that he will not meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrovnor with the Chinese, Qun Gang. “There are no plans to see them at the G20, although I suspect that we will surely be together in group sessions of one kind or another,” he said in statements collected by the agency. efe.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in New Delhi.
Along the same lines, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union, Josep Borrell, noted that the success of the summit would be measured by the progress made in helping to end the war. In addition, indian urgedthe host country of the summit that has not yet shown its rejection of the invasion, to “use its diplomatic capacity” to make Russia understand that “you have to stop and retire”.
Moscow takes advantage
For his part, Moscow has already warned that he would take the opportunity to show the world who, in his opinion, is responsible for the current political and economic crises in the world. “We intend to speak firmly and openly about the reasons for and instigators of the current serious problems in world politics and the global economy,” the Russian embassy in New Delhi said in a statement picked up by Reuters. “America’s destructive policy and its allies has already brought the world to the brink of disaster, caused a setback in socio-economic development and seriously aggravated the situation of the poorest countries,” he explained.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who landed in the Indian capital on Wednesday morning, has not wasted time. That same day he met with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieiraafter the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskyexpressed his interest in speaking with the leader of the South American country, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to get his support.
Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart Lavrov attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi.
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Also, also on the sidelines of the G20 meetingLavrov has met bilaterally with the Turkish minister, Mevlüt Çavusogluto negotiate the future agreement for the export of Ukrainian grain, and with the Indian, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
The summit comes five days after the heads of the economy and the heads of the central banks of the member countries met on Saturday in the Indian city of Bangalore and failed to reach a consensus to condemn the Russian invasion and reject the use of nuclear weapons in a joint declaration. As expected, it was beijing and moscow those who refused to support the decision.
