India is working hard to build consensus on a joint communiqué at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting. The main discussion of the conclave will take place on 2 March. Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on Wednesday chose not to “prejudge” any outcome on it but said the Russia-Ukraine conflict will be an important point of the deliberations.
There have been apprehensions about the lack of consensus on a joint communique at the G20 foreign ministers› meeting in the wake of the Russia-China combine and the West hardening their respective positions on the Ukraine conflict. Ahead of Thursday›s crucial meeting of the G20 in the national capital, Kwatra said the leaders would clearly discuss the current situation between Russia and Ukraine and noted that the impact of the conflict on food, energy and fertiliser security for the world would be among the key focus areas for the Indian presidency. “I do not think it would be really correct for me to prejudge the outcome of the G20 foreign ministers› meeting…We are very clear that the Foreign ministers should focus on all the priorities that are currently relevant in the global context,” he said.
