G20 Summit: Global leaders decries 'use of force' in Ukraine for 'territorial' gain in Delhi Declaration
AFP. Referencing the 'war in Ukraine', the New Delhi Leaders Summit Declaration said that 'all states' should 'refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition against the territorial integrity and sovereignty or political independence of any state'. Unlike in a G20 statement in Bali last year, there was no explicit reference to Russia in the Delhi Declaration. In 2022, a UN resolution condemned in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
ALSO READ: G20 Summit 2023 LIVE Updates The US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan welcomed the phrasing. "From our perspective, it does a very good job," he told reporters. "It (Delhi Declaration) reinforced the principles that states could not use force for territorial gain, that using nuclear weapons was 'inadmissible', and that 'a just peace must be based on the principles of the UN Charter, including the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity', AFP quoted him as saying.
"Attacks on civilian infrastructure, including grid infrastructure, must halt," Sullivan added. India, the G20 summit host, has walked a diplomatic tightrope over the Ukraine war. India has balanced its traditional alliance with Moscow with its membership of the Quad grouping alongside the United States, Japan, and Australia.
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