At the G20 summit concluding in Rio de Janeiro, the leaders of the G20 countries adopted a joint statement in which they called for a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace” in Ukraine. At the same time, just as at the previous meeting, the leaders of the 20 largest countries in the world did not directly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
INthe final text of the 22-page documentUkraine is mentioned once. As in the declaration of last year's summit in Delhi, Russia is not mentioned even once. “We welcome all relevant and constructive initiatives aimed at supporting a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in accordance with all the purposes and principles of the UN Charter to promote peaceful, friendly and good neighborly relations among peoples,” says the ninth paragraph of the statement.
“Russia is making progress on the battlefield, Ukraine is fading into the background, and world leaders are losing patience,” BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale commented on the summit’s statement regarding Ukraine.
“In a joint statement, G20 members complained about the human suffering resulting from the war and its negative impact on global food and energy security.” Having condemned, as at last year’s G20 summit, “the threat or use of force for the purpose of seizing territory,” the G20 leaders did not mention Russian aggression. Waiting for Trump. The G20 summit is opening in Brazil, where Ukraine and the fight against poverty will be discussed.
INthe final text of the 22-page documentUkraine is mentioned once. As in the declaration of last year's summit in Delhi, Russia is not mentioned even once. “We welcome all relevant and constructive initiatives aimed at supporting a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in accordance with all the purposes and principles of the UN Charter to promote peaceful, friendly and good neighborly relations among peoples,” says the ninth paragraph of the statement.
“Russia is making progress on the battlefield, Ukraine is fading into the background, and world leaders are losing patience,” BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale commented on the summit’s statement regarding Ukraine.
“In a joint statement, G20 members complained about the human suffering resulting from the war and its negative impact on global food and energy security.” Having condemned, as at last year’s G20 summit, “the threat or use of force for the purpose of seizing territory,” the G20 leaders did not mention Russian aggression. Waiting for Trump. The G20 summit is opening in Brazil, where Ukraine and the fight against poverty will be discussed.
After a massive Russian airstrike on Ukraine on Sunday, European diplomats pushed for a revision of previously agreed upon language on global conflicts, but ultimately relented. At the previous G20 summit, held in the fall of 2023 in India, leaders also failed to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine - because for the positions of Moscow and Beijing. Instead, they called on both sides of the conflict to respect UN principles.
But unlike the document prepared at last year's summit, this year's communiqué does not condemn the nuclear threats that Moscow regularly voices in connection with the war in Ukraine and aid to Kyiv from Western allies. There is no demand in it to stop attacks on food and energy infrastructure. In 2022, at the Bali summit, the majority of G20 members “condemned in the strongest terms the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine,” although it was noted that there are other opinions and different assessments of the situation.
But unlike the document prepared at last year's summit, this year's communiqué does not condemn the nuclear threats that Moscow regularly voices in connection with the war in Ukraine and aid to Kyiv from Western allies. There is no demand in it to stop attacks on food and energy infrastructure. In 2022, at the Bali summit, the majority of G20 members “condemned in the strongest terms the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine,” although it was noted that there are other opinions and different assessments of the situation.
According to the newspaper, some of Zelensky's Western allies are trying to persuade him to negotiate peace, and the publication sees this as weakening support for Kyiv. This is partly explained by the upcoming return to the White House of Donald Trump, who promised to end the war in 24 hours and threatened to stop US military assistance to Kyiv if Ukraine does not agree to negotiations with Russia.
