Climate change or sustainable development goals are other topics that will be put on the table. The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, has called for “unity” among the countries.
The leaders of the Group of Twenty who have begun to arrive in New Delhi this Friday to attend this weekend’s summit, have been expressing his firm support for Ukraine and the intention to discuss the conflictdespite the fact that India tries to contain the issues that fragment the consensus.
The president of the European Council, Charles Michelstressed this morning in a press conference held upon his arrival in the Indian capital his strong condemnation of the conflict in Ukraine, to which he has provided support to stop Russia’s attacks since the beginning of the conflict.
“The position of the EU is very clear and we condemn this Russian aggression, we support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We support only the peace formula proposed by President Zelensky and we will always be willing to defend those values”, including in the G20, Michel stated.
The president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula Von der Leyenand the president of the United States, Joe Bidenhave already arrived in New Delhi this Friday to participate in the summit tomorrow.
Von der Leyen has highlighted the event as a vital space between global tensions. Biden, for his part, arrives with the ambitious objective of demonstrating to the “global south” that Washington and its allies are best economic partners than China.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunakhas also focused his concerns on Ukraine, an issue he hopes will be addressed in the Group’s talks despite the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishidawhich is on its way to New Delhi, also has condemnation of Russia for the invasion of Ukraine among its priorities.
The US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellenhas extended his hand upon his arrival to India to draft the final communiqué of the summit, a matter that is complicated by the use of language for certain terms, such as war, one of the issues that the main voice of The West wants to address the G20.
Stop climate change and promote sustainable development
For his part, the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterreshas warned the leaders who will participate this weekend in the G20 summit that the world “cannot continue like this” and that the lack of unity of countries in the face of global problems can lead “to catastrophe.”
Thus, he has called on the G20 leaders to demonstrate their leadership in two specific aspects: the fight to stop climate change and keep the 17 sustainable development goals marked by the United Nations within the 2030 Agenda.
Source: Eitb
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