POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Sept 10, 2023 : India has released the ‘Delhi Declaration’ based on the consensus of all member countries at this year’s G-20 conference. The United States and the United Kingdom highly appreciated the points mentioned in this joint declaration. However, Ukraine did not like it. Kiev claims that the announcement has nothing to be proud of.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan termed the Delhi announcement as a ‘significant milestone’, which is proof that G20 members can come together to solve various problems.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also called the joint declaration ‘very strong language’ on the Ukraine war. He said the document highlighted the impact of war on food prices and food security in strong language.
However, Kiev is not at all satisfied with the contents of the Delhi declaration. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko claims that the G20 has nothing to be proud of in this announcement.
He specifically mentioned the words ‘The War in Ukraine’ mentioned in the G-20 declaration. Kiev likes to call it ‘The War Against Ukraine’.
India has surprised everyone by achieving a consensus of world leaders on the joint declaration of the G-20 summit, where the Delhi declaration was separate from the Bali declaration . But a closer reading of the Delhi declaration reveals that its language in condemning Russia over the Ukraine war is not as strong as last year’s Bali declaration.
In Bali, G20 leaders reiterated their position as they “condemned in the strongest possible terms Russia’s aggression against Ukraine”. However, the declaration noted that there were other views and different assessments of the situation and sanctions.
The Delhi Declaration did not directly criticize Russia for the war. However, it did mention the ‘human suffering and negative impact of the Ukraine war on global food and energy security’. Here too there is reference to ‘differences of opinion and assessment of the situation’ among member countries.
This year’s declaration called on all countries to ‘refrain from the threat or use of force for territorial acquisition’, which could be thought to be a reference to Russia.
