Draft final communiqué considers nuclear threat “unacceptable” and calls for peace adhering to the principle of territorial integrity protected by the UN | Despite the presence of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Western powers are persuading the most sympathetic countries for Putin, such as China and India
As the months pass with no end to the war in Ukraine and global problems in the supply chain, food and energy worsen, more voices are rising against the Russian invasion and calling for a solution to the conflict. That is the main issue to be discussed at the G-20 summit that started in Bali on Tuesday, where the most developed countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany or France, sit with the world powers at the top . the same table developing countries, such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico or Turkey. With two-thirds of the world’s population, they account for a total of 80 percent of economic activity, which is increasingly suffering from war every day. And that equally affects all members of the G-20, including Russia. Despite membership in this forum, the summit concluded its draft final statement with strong criticism of Moscow and a peaceful resolution of the conflict. This is stated in the document to which this newspaper has been given access. If it goes ahead, it will be the first time an international forum has referred to the dispute so directly.
In addition to recalling the “devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,” the draft closing statement warns that “we have seen this year that the war in Ukraine has had an even more detrimental effect on the global economy.” While acknowledging that “a discussion on the issue is ongoing”, the G-20 reiterates the “national positions taken in other fora, including the UN resolution adopted by a majority on 2 March 2022 and which condemns in the strongest terms the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and demands its full and unconditional withdrawal from Ukrainian territory”.
The draft states that “most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine, emphasizing that it causes immense human suffering and exacerbates pre-existing vulnerabilities in the global economy, limits growth, increases inflation, disrupts supply chains, increases food and energy insecurity and risks to financial stability.” While acknowledging that “there were different opinions and different assessments of the situation and the sanctions” and that “the G-20 is not the forum to resolve security issues,” he warns that “security issues can have a significant impact on the economy” . global”.
For this reason, the draft states that “it is essential to defend international law and the multilateral system that ensures peace and stability”. The document bases its legal structure on “the principles and proposals of the Charter of the United Nations, including the protection of civilians and infrastructure in armed conflict”, to rule that “the use of or threat of nuclear weapons is impermissible”. Instead, it emphasizes that “the peaceful resolution of conflicts and efforts to manage crises, as well as diplomacy and dialogue, are vital.” Following a warning given to Putin by Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister and summit participant, back in September, the draft insists that “the current era should not be a war”.
Due to the “critical moment for the global economy”, the G-20 considers it “essential” to take “tangible, precise, rapid and necessary measures, using all political instruments, to meet common challenges”.
While the document already circulating at the Bali Summit is the draft, there seems to be a fair amount of consensus on it, including among those countries that have previously shown more sympathy for Russia, such as China or India, who have announced that it will get there despite Western sanctions keep buying oil from. But in a session on energy and food security, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a “return to the path of ceasefires and democracy” and warned that the global supply chain “is in shambles” because of the problems caused by climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and war in Ukraine. United States President Joe Biden and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who has the difficult job of standing in Putin’s place, also participated in that session.
The European Union for its part welcomed the consensus on this draft. As European Council President Charles Michel explained at a press conference ahead of the summit’s opening, “this G-20 is one of the toughest we’ve ever had”, but “the fact that we reached agreement on the communiqué at delegation level is an achievement in itself.” After reminding that “war affects us all, wherever we live, from Europe to the Middle East or Africa”, he recommended that “the easiest way to end the acute food and energy crisis is for Russia to put an end to this senseless war and the Charter of the United Nations”.
Ukraine’s President Volodimir Zelensky also spoke via videoconference at the summit, addressing a plenary of leaders, including Russian Minister Lavrov. Dressed in his now-common khaki campaign shirt, as seen in a photo tweeted by the EU ambassador to Indonesia, Zelensky demanded that “now is the time when Russia’s destructive war can and must be stopped. It will take the lives of thousands to rescue.”
Source: La Verdad
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