US president Joe Biden, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and other G20 leaders arrive to pay their respects at the Rajghat, a Mahatma Gandhi memorial, in New Delhi. Photograph: Kenny Holston/Pool/APRussia and the United States both praised a G20 summit declaration that stopped short of directly criticising Moscow for the war in Ukraine as the bloc’s leaders headed into the final day of deliberations on Sunday. “Everything was reflected in a balanced form,” Svetlana Lukash, the Russian G20 sherpa, or government negotiator, was quoted as saying by Russian news agency Interfax. Germany and Britain have also praised the resolution but Ukraine has said “it was nothing to be proud of”. The summit also admitted the African Union which includes 55 member states, as a permanent member of the G20.

Source: The Irish Times September 10, 2023 19:46 UTC