A united statement from the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Delhi seems doubtful, since the Japan FM is missing.
Experts don't anticipate walkouts like those in Bali last year due to the Ukrainian situation dominating the negotiations, but they do predict that India will have issues preparing its chair report.
During the G20 foreign ministers conference, where the Ukrainian issue is anticipated to dominate discussions, foreign ministers from all around the world arrived in Delhi. Experts question if a joint communiqué will be drafted, and there won't be a Japanese foreign minister present.
On Thursday morning, the first session of talks will be
devoted to multilateralism reforms, energy and food security, and development
cooperation. The second session will be devoted to counterterrorism, skill
mapping, humanitarian aid, and disaster relief.
To tackle the India-China border problem, external affairs
minister S. Jaishankar is anticipated to conduct bilateral discussions with a
number of peers, including Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang. With the
exception of Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who will be missing to
attend a parliamentary budget committee, a Quad ministerial meeting is
scheduled to take place in the meantime..
While analysts do not anticipate walkouts like those that
occurred at previous G20 meetings, they do foresee challenges when preparing a
chair report for India, particularly in light of Russia and China's objections
to mentioning the Ukraine situation. Discussions over the result document
"won't go over well," according to the former Indian ambassador to China
Ashok Kantha, and a joint communiqué is "very doubtful," according to
former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal.
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said he could not
"prejudge" the results of the meetings but could not clarify whether
a joint communiqué will be released. India's difficult challenge will be to
write their chair report in a language that both the West and Russia would find
acceptable. India stated in its chair summary from last week that "all
member countries except Russia and China were in agreement" with
paragraphs 3 and 4 of the document, which denounced Russia's invasion of
Ukraine.
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