Russia-Ukraine to Dominate G20 Meeting in India G20外長會議 聚焦俄烏戰爭

The G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in New Delhi, India from Wednesday to Thursday which covered issues concerning climate change, digital transformation, multilateralism, food and energy security, global health, counterterrorism and new emerging threats. Host India said the war in Ukraine was an important point of discussion but other topics also received due focus.

Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister: “You are meeting at a time of deep global divisions. As Foreign Ministers, it is but natural that your discussions are affected by the geo-political tensions of the day. We all have our positions and our perspectives on how these tensions should be resolved. However, as the leading economies of the world, we also have a responsibility towards those who are not in this room.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on foreign ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) nations to find common ground on global issues. India has declined to blame Russia for the war and has sought a diplomatic solution while sharply boosting its purchases of Russian oil. European and U.S. delegates have however reiterated that they hold Russia responsible for the conflict, with Germany saying it would use the meeting to counter Russian "propaganda." This year's meeting was attended by 40 delegations,  including those headed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. The G20 meeting is particularly crucial for India's hopes to use its chairmanship of the group to leverage its position on the global stage and adopt a neutral stance on Ukraine in order to focus on issues of importance to developing nations like rising inflation, debt stress, health, climate change and food and energy security.

印度總理莫迪說：「我們是在全球嚴重分歧之際召開會議……我們對於這些緊張局勢如何解決，都有我們的立場和觀點。然而，作為世界主要經濟體，我們對那些不在這個房間的人也負有責任。」

印度總理莫迪呼籲20國集團消弭在烏俄問題上的分歧，表示不能將問題歸咎於俄羅斯，應尋求外交解決方式，同時也向俄方增加石油採購，然而對此，歐、美代表皆不認同。今年的大會有40國參與，包括俄國外交部長、美國國務卿、中國外交部長等人所率領的代表團。印度曾希望在今年擔任G20主席國時，把焦點放在通膨、債務和氣候變化、糧食及能源安全等問題上，可能對開發中國家有所幫助，但烏俄戰爭的議題仍是眾人意見分歧的主要因素，直到會議結束也未能達成共識。