Russia’s change in Ukraine stance raises hopes of G20 document – Times of India

New Delhi: The government is seeing some benefits Russia is rearranging its stance on the mention of ukraine Conflict in the Speaker’s Summary at Two O’clock G-20 ministerial meetings, but is keeping a watchful eye on the outcome of subsequent talks in the lead-up to the leaders’ summit in about 50 days.

so far and recently G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gandhinagar This month, “Results.” document and the Chairman’s Summary” acknowledged that Russia “has disassociated itself from the position of this document as a general consequence” due to the context Warning in three paragraphs.

At a meeting of labor ministers in Indore and energy ministers in Goa, the phrasing was changed as it was noted that Russia “recognises the document’s position as the Chair’s summary” with the inclusion of one paragraph (regarding the Ukraine conflict), while agreeing with the rest. Russia’s consent to the mention of Ukraine confrontation The footnote states, even though “it expressed its specific point of view on the situation in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions and sanctions during the meeting.”

The same point was reiterated at the energy ministers’ meeting that ended in Goa on Saturday, though Russia also expressed its concern over some of the material related to climate change and ways to combat it.
Significantly, while Russia has agreed to the mention of the war on Ukraine, China has stuck to its stand that the G20 is not the “right forum” to address security issues and has opposed the inclusion of geopolitical content.
While government officials still consider the consensus document an uphill task, they see even modest success toward consensus as significant, given the widely divergent views among some of the most powerful members of the Group of 20 largest economies. In any case, they intend to keep the focus on development issues that need attention at a time when the global economy is grappling with high inflation and slow growth.

To increase the degree of convergence on geo-strategic issues (read Mutually Acceptable Phraseology on how to discuss the Ukraine issue and violations of international law), the Ministry of External Affairs and the G20 Secretariat are holding talks with other countries to find the best way forward.
“In the light of the draft shared with the Sherpas in the recent meeting in Hampi, there is some movement and a lot of bilateral meetings are happening. “Some amendments have been made in the draft of the leaders’ summit,” an official said.