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BENGALURU, Feb 25 (Reuters) – G20 finance chiefs have failed to reach a consensus on how to describe the war in Ukraine and are likely to end a meeting in India on Saturday without a joint communiqué, representatives said.
They said that the United States and its allies in the G7 group of states should communicate Russia and demands that the Chinese delegations strongly condemn Russia for the invasion of its neighbor, which is opposed.
which is a member of the G20 Russia His actions in Ukraine are “special military operation” and refrains from calling it an invasion or a war.
G20 officials told Reuters that host India was also pressuring the meeting not to use the word “war” in any announcement. India, which currently chairs the G20, took a largely neutral stance in the war, refusing to blame Russia for the invasion, a diplomatic solution way searched and Russia sharply increased the purchase of oil.
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said there was no way to back down from the group’s joint statement agreed at last November’s G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, which said “the majority of members strongly condemn the war in Ukraine” but acknowledged some countries. he looked at the conflict differently.
“Either we have the same language or we don’t sign a final communique,” Le Maire told reporters on Friday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the meeting on Friday, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said the G20 should not back down from previous criticism of Russia.
“We definitely need clarity, this is a war initiated by (Russian President Vladimir) Putin,” he said.
In response to past economic crises 20 Such confrontations have become increasingly common at the G20 forum, which was created a year ago but has recently been pitted against Western powers and others, including China and Russia.
A high-ranking G20 source said that negotiations on the communique were difficult, and Russia and China blocked the proposals of Western countries. “India wants to stick to Bali’s statements,” the source said.
The source and several other officials said that last minute to avoid surprise, it is expected that a consensus on the communique is impossible and the meeting will end with the host’s statement concluding the discussions.
“In the absence of consensus, the option for India will be to issue a chairman’s statement,” one of the officials said.
India’s foreign affairs, finance and information The ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Reporting by Christian Kraemer, Shivangi Acharya, Aftab Ahmed and Sarita Chaganti Singh; Written by Raju Gopalakrishnan; Edited by Kim Coghill
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2023-02-25 09:03:33
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