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There Were Differences...: Why MEA's S Jaishankar Issued 'No' G20 Joint Statement

 


Speaking on India-China relations, as Jaishankar met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the sidelines of the G20 meeting, the MEA said there are issues that need to be looked at and discussed very openly and frankly between us.

On 2 March, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that for the global south, the 'Russia-Ukraine conflict' is a make-or-break issue, although he added that the Ukraine war could not happen - due to 'diversions' - at a meeting of G20 members. But reconciliation situation.

Briefing the media after the G20 foreign ministers' meeting and releasing the outcome document instead of a joint statement, EAM Jaishankar said, "I don't want to put a percentage on how many issues there was consensus. If our Had an ideal. Meeting of the minds, we would have had a joint communiqué. But there were differences and these were related to the Ukraine conflict.

In addition, he said, "I said in a session today that for the Global South, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is a make-and-break issue," adding paragraph 2 of the chair's summary did not lead to a consensus among G20 members. Pie.

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He informed that two rounds of meeting took place today between the G20 Finance Ministers. The ministers have agreed to issue a common position after reaching consensus on a number of issues. He also said that the 20 foreign ministers urged developed countries to meet their financial commitments and were able to reach a consensus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Speaking on India-China relations, as Jaishankar met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the sidelines of the G20 meeting, the MEA said there are issues that need to be looked at and discussed very openly and frankly between us.

"The focus of the meeting was on our bilateral relations and the challenges facing them, especially peace and tranquility in the border areas," he said.

He also said, "Most of my conversation with the Chinese foreign minister was related to our bilateral relations. I had earlier described India-China relations as unusual and I used the term in my conversation with the minister."

Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the time was right to reform the UN Security Council. Sergei Lavrov said, "It is the right time to reform the UN Security Council," adding, "It is in the UN Charter that every state must respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another state."

Furthermore he said, "This invasion (of Ukraine according to the West) reflects a response to the war that the West had been preparing for many years and that is why it was arming the Ukrainian regime."

Also, addressing the G20 meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Thursday for the G20 to bridge differences over Ukraine, telling the opening of a meeting in New Delhi that global governance has "failed".

PM Modi said, "The experience of the last few years - financial crisis, climate change, pandemics, terrorism and war - clearly shows that global governance has failed."

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