Russia and China rejected portions of a G20 statement that condemned Moscow’s aggressiveness.
The Group of 20 economies’ finance chiefs meeting came to an end on Saturday without issuing a common statement after China and Russia objected to including language denouncing the conflict in Ukraine.
In a “chair’s report,” India, which organized the meeting in Bengaluru, noted that there were “various perceptions of the situation” in Ukraine and with regard to the sanctions put in place against Russia.
Russia refers to its actions in Ukraine as a “special military operation” that is necessary to prevent Kyiv from being used as a platform for Western aggression. It avoids describing the conflict as an invasion or war.
Russia refers to its actions in Ukraine as a “special military operation” that is necessary to prevent Kyiv from being used as a platform for Western aggression. It avoids describing the conflict as an invasion or war.
India had also urged delegates at Saturday’s meeting to avoid using the word “war” in any official statement, unidentified G20 officials told Reuters. The development came a day after India abstained from voting on a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly that called for the unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
In the conflict, New Delhi has remained neutral and hasn’t officially denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since the war began, India has also significantly increased its purchases of Russian oil, a decision that has been consistently defended by the nation’s foreign minister, S. Jaishankar.
China and Russia didn’t want the G20 summit in Bangalore to be used to discuss politics, delegates told Reuters.
