There will be three sessions in the meeting of G-20 foreign ministers. The first session will discuss ‘Food and Energy Security’. In the second session, there will be discussion on ‘cooperation in development’ in the third session, apart from ‘grouping of many countries and the need for reforms’.
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G-20 Foreign Ministers The two-day meeting was held in New Delhi from Wednesday. India is all set to become a global peacemaker here by trying to bridge the gap between Western and non-Western countries over the war in Ukraine. Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hosted foreign ministers including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.
according to information G-20 meeting But the impact of global energy and food security arising out of the Russian invasion in Ukraine is expected to be clearly visible. Where Russia has described the invasion as a “special military operation”, the US is blaming Russia for breaking the “rules-based system”.
Detailed discussion in three sessions
A plan of three sessions was prepared for the meeting of the G-20 foreign ministers. The first session will discuss “Food and Energy Security”. This will be followed by a discussion on “cooperation in development” with “need for strengthening multilateralism and reforms of many countries group”.
In the second session, there will be bilateral meetings between the foreign ministers. During this Jaishankar will meet some guests and then there will be lunch.
The third session will be on the issues of “Countering Terrorism: New and Emerging Threats”, “Global Skills Development and Talent Tracking” and “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief”. The meeting will conclude with a joint statement examining India’s diplomatic strategy.
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🗓 March 1-2, 2023
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Understand India’s challenge
India is facing the challenge of bridging the gap that has cropped up between the world’s 20 major economies over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. G20 finance ministers meeting earlier this month failed to reach consensus on a joint statement on the Ukraine war.
Ahead of the foreign ministers’ meeting, groups of Western and non-Western countries have reiterated their conflicting positions on the Ukraine war. Due to this, the Delhi meeting is also likely to be affected.
The G-20 declaration is likely to be issued at the end of the meeting. So far India has stayed away from explicitly condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clearly said that “this is not the era of war”.
Earlier, during the G-20 presidency of Indonesia, the two factions could not reach a consensus. There is a possibility that after the meeting ends on March 2, the same situation may not happen in India.
important people did not come
According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will not attend the meeting and the country will be represented by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Kenji Yamada. South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin is also away from the meeting.
The decision of foreign ministers of two important countries and India’s allies to stay away from the G-20 meeting can have a huge impact on India. In the midst of its increasing dominance at the international level, India has given all its strength to make this event grand and successful. India can also be criticized for not attending the meeting of important people.
India will be very upset if Foreign Minister Hayashi really cancels to visit G20 because India is concentrating its efforts to G20. For high pride Indians, it will be shane. It will affect later, seriously. Foreign Minister Hayashi must go.
Dr. Satoru Nagao(長尾賢) (@OfficerNagao) February 28, 2023
Japan’s message to India?
India and Japan are old strategic allies and partners in trade. Both are also part of the Quad, which is said to be an Asian NATO-like alliance against China led by the US. It is not clear why Japan sent its junior foreign minister to such an important meeting.
Dr Satoru Nagao, Foreign Policy Fellow at the Hudson Institute in the US, tweeted that if Hayashi did not attend the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, it would be “very troubling” for India as India would do its best to make the G20 a success. exerting force.
Indians who put their dignity above all will be deeply hurt by this in a way. Its effect will be seen going forward. Foreign Minister Hayashi should attend the G-20 meeting in Delhi under any circumstances.
Despite being partners, India and Japan have taken opposite positions on the Ukraine war. Hayashi’s visit was expected to improve bilateral relations between the two countries. This question is definitely being raised that by sending its junior minister to the G-20 meeting, Japan is not giving any message to India?
South Korea’s ‘domestic problem’
On February 24, South Korea announced that its Foreign Minister Park Jin would not be able to attend the G-20 meeting due to an “urgent schedule in Parliament”. In his place, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Lee Doo-hoon will go to New Delhi. According to a report in Seoul’s daily Khyunghyang Shinmun, Jin was expected to meet newly appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. But this meeting will not happen.
Jin had also expressed hope of meeting Hayashi on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting. But after learning that their Japanese counterparts were not attending the meeting, South Korea also decided not to send its foreign minister to the meeting.
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