NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 8 (Reuters) - G20 host Indonesia urged the group's foreign ministers on Friday to help end the war in Ukraine, as Russia's top diplomat accused the West of scuppering a chance to tackle global economic issues with 'frenzied' ...
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 8 - G20 host Indonesia urged the group's foreign ministers on Friday to help end the war in Ukraine, as Russia's top diplomat accused the West of scuppering a chance to tackle global economic issues with"frenzied" criticism of the conflict.it
At the start of the day’s events, shouts of “When will you stop the war” and “Why don’t you stop the war” were heard as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shook hands with RetnoLavrov said ministers from Western nations “strayed almost immediately, as soon as they took the floor, to the frenzied criticism of the Russian Federation in connection with the situation in Ukraine”.
Ukraine and its Western backers say Russia is engaged in an imperial-style land grab with no justification for its invasion.Retno opened the meeting calling on the G20 to “find a way forward” to address global challenges and said the repercussions of the war, including rising energy and food prices, would hit low-income countries the hardest.than later and settle our differences at the negotiating table, not at the battlefield,” Retno said at the opening of talks.
“He addressed Russia directly, saying: To our Russian colleagues: Ukraine is not your country. Its grain is not your grain. Why are you blocking the ports? You should let the grain out'”, the official said.Lavrov and Blinken did discuss things while in the meeting room, Retno said, without elaborating.
Ukraine’s foreign minister addressed the meeting virtually, accusing Russia of playing “hunger games” through its blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea port.Foreign Minister Wang Yi said earlier that Beijing opposed any act of hyping up bloc confrontation, and creating a “new Cold War”.
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