For the second time, G20 nations concluded ministerial talks without a joint communiqué, only statement 'agreed to by all members except Russia and China.'
At a press conference, Lavrov blamed the West for the group's failure to reach a consensus. After he met with Chinese counterpart Qin Gang, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a joint statement in which they opposed"blackmail and threats."
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's external affairs minister, said the G20 was nonetheless able to converge on a number of important issues despite the"divergences." "Do appreciate that on the bulk of the issues which concern especially the global south, the developing countries, there was a considerable meeting of minds," Jaishankar said."There was a chair summary because there were differences on theIn pre-recorded remarks to the gathering of foreign ministers,
said postwar global governance had failed to prevent wars."We should not allow issues that we cannot resolve together to come in the way of those we can," he said.
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