Despite lengthy negotiations, China refused to include a condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in the final declaration.
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Bangalore The representatives of the largest industrialized and emerging countries (G20) have not been able to agree on condemning the war in Ukraine. Despite lengthy night-time negotiations, the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the G20 countries on Saturday in Bangalore ended without a joint communiqué. China and Russia blocked the final statement.
Instead, as the G20 presidency, India had to publish a statement. In it, the conflict was openly named. While there was agreement on many issues relating to global financial and economic policy in the G20 round, a footnote notes that China and Russia do not support the two paragraphs on the Ukraine war.
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