G20 summit unconditional success of PM Modi: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded the recent G20 summit hosted by India as an unconditional success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he was able to depoliticise decisions at the mega event.
“PM Modi was able to depoliticise the decisions adopted at the G20 and that was the right way. G20 was created to discuss economic issues, not political ones.
Indian leadership prevented politicisation and it was a success,” Putin said at key foreign policy forum Valdai Club in Sochi on Thursday night.
India had pushed to make the G20 summit under its presidency an economic forum. References to the Russia-Ukraine war in the leaders’ declaration were watered down compared to the Bali declaration of 2022.
It was the second consecutive day when Putin praised Modi’s leadership.
He did not refer to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s leadership during his speech and hailed India’s handling of the western pressure on international issues.
Separately, Putin recalled the role played by the erstwhile Soviet Union in backing the independence movement in what was then East Pakistan for a separate Bangladesh.
Speaking at the Valdai Forum Putin also said the Indian leadership was «acting independently in the interest of the nation» and backed India for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council.
“They (the west) are trying to create an enemy out of everyone who is unwilling to blindly follow the western elites. Anyone is at risk, including the People's Republic of China, and at a certain point, India could become that.
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