G20 welcomes initiatives to support a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine
(Baonghean.vn) - The G20 countries have achieved serious results at the bloc's Summit in New Delhi, all issues reflect the interests of developing economies in the global South, said Ms. Svetlana Lukash - Russia's representative at the G20.
“We have achieved results on many issues on the multilateral agenda, starting with reforming international financial institutions, maintaining macroeconomic stability, ensuring growth in food security, climate and energy,” Lukash told journalists. She added that each of these issues reflects the interests of “emerging economies in the global South and corresponds to our concerns.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the main good news of the G20 declaration. The summit will be accompanied by concrete outcomes, promises and agreements from all G20 leaders, Ms. Lukash noted. According to the declaration after the G20 Summit, the countries will join forces to strengthen security in the world. "To this end, we encourage efforts to enhance collaborative research on nutritious and climate-resilient cereals such as millet, quinoa, sorghum and other traditional crops including rice, wheat and maize," the statement said.
Also according to the statement, the G20 countries reached a final statement after the Summit in New Delhi, thereby acknowledging the lack of consensus among the world's leading economies regarding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The final text of the statement states that G20 members “underlined the human suffering and the growing negative impacts of the conflict in Ukraine on global food and energy security, supply chains, macro-financial stability, inflation and growth.” The statement adds that developing countries, which have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, are the most affected by the conflict. However, the document emphasizes that “there are different views and assessments of the situation” regarding the conflict in Ukraine.
G20 leaders pledged “solidarity” in addressing the impact of the crisis on the global economy. The statement said the G20 would “welcome all relevant and constructive initiatives to support a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine”, thereby upholding the principles of the UN Charter.
In response, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said the G20 joint statement after the summit in New Delhi, India, was “nothing to be proud of,” criticizing the document’s failure to mention Russia directly. “It is clear that Ukraine’s participation (in the G20 meeting) will allow participants to better understand the situation,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko wrote in a Facebook post.
The G20 adopted a joint statement emphasizing that "all states" should "refrain from the threat or use of force to acquire territory against the territorial integrity and sovereignty or political independence of any state," but did not directly name Russia. This year's statement is unlike the G20 statement in Bali last year that cited a UN resolution condemning "in the strongest terms the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine."
