G20 meet in India ends without consensus on Ukraine war, Russia accuses West of destabilising talks

A meeting of finance chiefs of the Group of 20 leading economies concluded at Bengaluru without a consensus on the Ukraine war. While most nations condemned Moscow for its war on Ukraine, China and Russia declined to sign a joint statement.

Despite India’s reluctance to bring up the topic of war, Western nations insisted on condemning it as a necessary condition for supporting any outcome of the meeting hosted by India as chair of the Group of Twenty (G20) economies.