Jakarta, CNNI Indonesia —
In the midst of various differences, the leaders G20 managed to adopt the declaration document at the end of the Bali summit. However, they were not a single condemning voice Russia despite the invasion of Ukraine triggering an economic crisis.
This divergence of views is implicit in the contents of the Bali G20 Leaders’ Declaration, adopted at the end of yesterday’s (16/11) summit. A dot indicates that China and India do not want to take part in criticism of Russia.
In the third point of the statement, the G20 said that they had reaffirmed their respective countries’ positions regarding the Russia-Ukraine war as stated in previous forums.
“We reaffirm our country’s position expressed in other fora, including the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly, which in resolution No. ES-11/1 of 2 March 200, adopted by a majority (141 agreed, 5 rejected, 25 abstained and 12 absent) made strong statements regarding the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and called for their complete and unconditional withdrawal from Ukrainian territory,” the bulletin reads.
By voting on the UN resolution mentioned in the statement, 5 countries refused to criticize and urged Russia to leave Ukraine.
One of the five countries is Russia. In addition, 25 countries also abstained, including 2 members of the G20, namely China and India.
With this statement, the G20 merely stated that the member countries have reaffirmed their position. Therefore, Russia refused to criticize, while China and India also did not want to interfere.
Subsequently, the point also stressed that “most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and stressed that the war has caused great human suffering and aggravated the already fragile global economy.”
In excerpts from the statement, G20 leaders stressed that only a “large proportion of members” strongly condemned the war in Ukraine.
They also recognized that there were various views and considerations regarding the situation in Ukraine and the sanctions that should be applied.
The point was closed with a statement: “Recognizing that the G20 is not a forum for addressing security issues, we agree that security issues can have significant consequences for the global economy.”
The G20 is not an economic forum. However, a few months ago, President Joko Widodo advertised his “peace mission” for the success of the G20 summit.
However, after returning to Indonesia, Jokowi admitted that it was indeed very difficult to raise the question of peace. Eventually he turned the discussion with Zelensky and Putin into a food safety issue.
This difficulty was demonstrated again at the G20 summit. Jokowi himself admitted that the discussion on Russia was very tough at the conference.
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