India credits emerging economies for G20 breakthrough
Russia-Ukraine crisis, India worked very closely with Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia. I want to say that it was the emerging markets which played a very key role. There was very tough, very ruthless negotiations for several days non-stop," said India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant during a press briefing.
Brazil will hold the Presidency of the G20 in 2024 and South Africa will take on the role in 2025. “Obviously, because of the ongoing conflict and the strong views about it, considerable time was spent especially in the last few days in regard to geopolitical issues which really centred around the war in Ukraine," said Jaishankar during a press briefing. India’s top diplomat stated that “everybody helped" but credited emerging markets with taking a lead on these issues.
G20 member countries broke months of deadlock to reach consensus on a joint statement, christened the Delhi Declaration, during the Leaders’ summit on Saturday. From debt relief and climate change to the Ukraine war, the declaration outlined a pathway forward for the world’s leading economies on key issues. Perhaps the most significant development was that the deeply divided grouping was able to agree on language relating to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Prior to the Delhi summit, consensus was elusive as Russia and China resisted the inclusion of heavy criticism of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022. During last year’s Bali Summit, the joint declaration stated that “most members" criticised Russia’s war in Ukraine. It also called for countries to uphold international law and respect principles laid down in the UN Charter.
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