G20 summit ends with India, Brazil and Russia boasting successIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) hands over the gavel to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (right) and the end of the G20 summit. G20 leaders have been deeply riven over the Ukraine war since Moscow's invasion last year, with Russian President Vladimir Putin skipping the summit entirely to dodge political opprobrium. "We were able to prevent the West's attempts to 'Ukrainize' the summit agenda," the veteran diplomat said, dubbing the two-day gathering a "success". G20 members Russia and Saudi Arabia are major oil exporters, while coal consumption is rising in China and India, already the world's biggest consumers of the dirty fuel. - 'People's G20' -Modi, who painted the summit as India's diplomatic coming of age and is pushing for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, celebrated the accession of the 55-member African Union to the G20.

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2023 12:38 UTC