Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strictly condemned global institutions for failing to address the World’s biggest challenges. At the G20 meeting, Modi demands international countries uncover common ground on divisive matters.
While speaking at the G20 meeting in New Delhi, India’s Modi said that all countries should admit that multilateralism is currently “in crisis”.
The experience of the last few years – financial crisis, climate change, pandemic, terrorism, and wars – clearly shows that global governance has failed. We should not allow issues that we cannot resolve together to come in the way of those we can.”
Narendra Modi-in a recorded statement
Russia’s war in Ukraine is likely to be an important point of debate at the meeting, while New Delhi seems to lead talks toward issues concerning the Global South such as poverty eradication and climate finance.
On Wednesday, Vinay Kwatra, Indian Foreign Secretary said New Delhi anticipated economic challenges associated with the dispute getting similar attention as the war itself. While India has not directly denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
India’s PM told Russian President Vladimir Putin during an in-person meeting in September, “I know today’s time is not a time for war.”
The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting comes after a conference of finance ministers in Bangalore last month failed to agree to a joint statement on the war.
During the meeting, Modi called on leading economies to assist the world’s weak people and “bring back stability, confidence, and growth to the global economy”.
The shortage of agreement at the gathering of finance officials reflected the result of earlier November’s G20 conference in Bali when host Indonesia released a statement admitting differences between countries.
