Amid the growing differences in the G20 between Russia and China on one hand and the West led by the US on the other, G20 chief coordinator Harsh Shringla said India’s approach is of inclusivity and urged the group of economically most advanced nations, without directly mentioning the Ukraine conflict, to not get distracted.
“Expectations are high. It is incumbent on the G20 to deliver on the expectations of the international community at large,” said Shringla.
“I think while there is enough to divide us, our approach of inclusivity, our approach is that of looking at the world as one family. It’s saying that look, let’s work together to address what are the pressing issues of the day. Let us not get distracted,” he added, while speaking at a conference organised by India Writes Network and Centre for Global
India Insights.
Both G20 finance and foreign ministers’ meetings were marred by a lack of consensus on the Ukraine issue.
Shringla said it was important to take a larger view, take into account “the interests of the larger community, all of us who are members of the G20, and take decisions that make a difference to the lives of people across the world.”
The former foreign secretary also called for reforming the G20 to reflect the interests of developing countries which, he said, have “suffered the brunt of black swan events” such as the pandemic and the Ukraine war.
“Now, if you look at the situation globally, we had the devastating COVID pandemic, you have had the Ukraine conflict and the impact of some of these rare black swan situations has really been quite significant for the world at large,” Shringla said. “The developing world has really borne the brunt of these global situations,” he added.
Indonesia’s Ambassador to India Inna H. Krisnamurthi, who also participated in the conference, said India will “strive and thrive’’ in its G20 presidency.
“Many achievements have already been made by the country on the issue of digital energy transition and many other issues,” she said, while stressing that though there has been no consensus during the past meetings so far, “we should not lose any hopes and optimism that something will happen during the summit, because the past meetings cannot define what is going to be the result and outcome of the summit.”
“Expectations are high. It is incumbent on the G20 to deliver on the expectations of the international community at large,” said Shringla.
“I think while there is enough to divide us, our approach of inclusivity, our approach is that of looking at the world as one family. It’s saying that look, let’s work together to address what are the pressing issues of the day. Let us not get distracted,” he added, while speaking at a conference organised by India Writes Network and Centre for Global
India Insights.
Both G20 finance and foreign ministers’ meetings were marred by a lack of consensus on the Ukraine issue.
Shringla said it was important to take a larger view, take into account “the interests of the larger community, all of us who are members of the G20, and take decisions that make a difference to the lives of people across the world.”
The former foreign secretary also called for reforming the G20 to reflect the interests of developing countries which, he said, have “suffered the brunt of black swan events” such as the pandemic and the Ukraine war.
“Now, if you look at the situation globally, we had the devastating COVID pandemic, you have had the Ukraine conflict and the impact of some of these rare black swan situations has really been quite significant for the world at large,” Shringla said. “The developing world has really borne the brunt of these global situations,” he added.
Indonesia’s Ambassador to India Inna H. Krisnamurthi, who also participated in the conference, said India will “strive and thrive’’ in its G20 presidency.
“Many achievements have already been made by the country on the issue of digital energy transition and many other issues,” she said, while stressing that though there has been no consensus during the past meetings so far, “we should not lose any hopes and optimism that something will happen during the summit, because the past meetings cannot define what is going to be the result and outcome of the summit.”
