Ripples in the G20 and India Leadership upholding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not condemn Moscow for the Ukraine conflict. PM Modi has not chosen either side but prefers the diplomatic approach as the best solution.
India's Leadership, PM Modi's Concur
New Delhi, last Wednesday, said it does not support the Ukraine war that coincides with Modi's opinion, according to Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, who stressed during a special briefing attended by the foreign minister of G20 nations in attendance, reported Republic World.
Kwatra explained that the Indian opinion on the Russia-Ukraine conflict could only resolve the war through discussion and diplomacy. This will be up on the agenda with other participants, noted ANI.
To this end, he said that the conflict would dominate the Group of 20 meeting in India and is a significant subject of discussion for all members. It is hoped that some concrete agreement will come out of the talks to go on.
G20 Countries Varied Opinions on Ukraine War
The Indian official says that conflict has reverberated globally, affecting geopolitics and making it more fragile than ever, instead of coming out of a slump that has affected the economic and developmental effects that will be covered in the summit as a topic.
A venue for these meetings will be the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Center, with 40 international delegations taking part, cited Live Mint.
A key topic is what the global south considers imported, remarked the Foreign Secretary said India would be its proponent in the discussions.
More subjects will be how the Group of 20 can arrest failing economic development, and high inflation, with consumer demands getting less for essentials. Taking part in the forum is the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the head of two sessions, stated the Foreign Secretary.
India Is for Neutrality and Diplomacy
Geopolitics is evolving, and the West getting edged out in Asia is another part of global developments. How the US had run away from Kabul that gifted tons of weapons to extreme groups getting armed up that has made security shaky for India.
The Raisina Dialogue last year saw the Indian prime minister and EAM S. Jaishankar taking the initiative to change the trajectory of the war. Jaishankar stress that India will not stop pushing for a peaceful settlement even as contesting opinions will ultimately have consequences that might not be desirable.
He spotlighted countries' rejection of a rules-based order that benefits a few with a considerable stake in it. Pointed out a neutral stance in contrast to the western rules-based order is besieged in Asia. He added that Europe advised that greater Asia should consider Europe a dominant trading partner, which was ironic.
EAM claimed that the conflict should not be used as a pretext for invading other nations and told the US and Europe to owe up to its actions sending shockwaves to Asia that would make more issues.
Key to his message is to end hostilities via diplomatic means is the goal. If this continues, food insecurity and inflation will impact developing nations more. All because of the precedents which prompted the Russian reactions that rebounded to even energy.
In retrospect, the India Leadership of the G20 sustains PM Modi in his opinion on how Ukraine must be handled better with diplomacy.
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