JUST IN: G20 statement — 'Most members' condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine
of world powers agreed to a joint communiqué at the close of their summit in Indonesia this week that states that "most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine," but "there were other views" as well.The G20 includes the U.S. and its allies in Europe and Asia who have condemned and sanctioned Russia, as well as countries like China, India, Saudi Arabia and South Africa that have been reluctant to do so. Russia itself is also a member.
But it noted that while "most members" condemned the war in Ukraine and the "immense human suffering" it had caused, there were also "different assessments of the situation and sanctions."Divisions within the G20 over Russia's war in Ukraine could easily have made this G20 the first in the summit's history to fail to produce a joint declaration, said John Kirton, director of G20 research at the Toronto-based Global Governance Program.
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