A minute of silence in honor of the victims of the earthquake in syria and turkey It was a rare moment of unity in the G20 foreign ministers summit in New Delhi.
The head of Spanish diplomacy assumes that there will be no joint agreement on Russia’s position in the war in Ukraine, “denying its illegality and not listening to calls for peace.”
Sergei Lavrov met with his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang. On the table are the military aid requested by Russia and which China is reluctant to provide, and the peace plan made public by Beijing a few days ago and which Moscow considered premature.
His American counterpart, Antony Blinken, has already stated that no meeting with them was planned… After a tour of several Central Asian countries, he met in Delhi with the head of Brazilian diplomacy.
It has been a frenzy of meetings that contrasts with the slow reflection of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi:
“The experience of the last few years – financial crisis, climate change, pandemic, terrorism and wars – clearly shows that global governance has failed.”
Narendra Modi called for unity to face the many challenges facing the planet. The Indian leader wanted to dedicate the summit to topics such as the development of the poorest countries or climate change, but the war in Ukraine dominates the debates.
in search of peace
The foreign ministers of Russia and China, Sergei Lavrov and Qin Gang, discussed at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 in India, according to Russian diplomacy.
“Sergei Lavrov and the Qin Gang discussed the current situation around Ukraine, including the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s position on the political solution to the Ukrainian crisis, discussed a number of current international issues,” the Foreign Ministry said in a note.
For his part, Qin Gang said his country “will always be on the side of peace, actively promote peace negotiations and play a constructive role” in the war in Ukraine.
In the same vein, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna urged the group to “appeal for a just and lasting peace” in Ukraine, a war she considered lacking “justification and based on lies.”
Between weapons and sanctions
In addition, Russian and Chinese ministers denounced Western countries for using “blackmail and threats” to impose their views, according to Russian diplomacy.
Lavrov and Gang “unanimously rejected attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, to impose unilateral approaches through blackmail and threats,” Russian diplomacy said in a statement.
Lavrov also urged his G20 counterparts to end unilateral sanctions, including price caps on Russian crude, and violations of international trade freedom.
“It is necessary to put a barrier to international sanctions, to all forms of violation of the freedom of international trade, to the manipulation of markets, to the imposition of ceilings on prices and other attempts to appropriate foreign resources,” he stressed. .
Asked about his country’s position if China decides to send weapons to Russia, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra warned that “there will be consequences”:
“What is of vital importance is that the whole world refrain from helping Russia to arm itself, as there will be consequences if some countries cross that line,” Hoekstra said in a meeting with media on the sidelines of the forum, when asked about the your country’s position if China decides to send weapons to Russia.
During her speech, French Minister Colonna emphasized that the invasion “has violated all the laws of war and of humanity. The G20 must respond clearly, as it already did during the Bali summit and in the United Nations Assembly.”
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