G20 summit deplores war in Ukraine 'in strongest terms' - Reuters

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations deplored Russia's aggression successful Ukraine "in the strongest terms" connected Wednesday and demanded its unconditional withdrawal successful a declaration adopted astatine the extremity of a two-day summit.

The leaders of the world's biggest economies besides agreed to pace involvement complaint rises cautiously to debar spillovers and warned of "increased volatility" successful currency moves but it was Ukraine that dominated the acme connected the Indonesian land of Bali.

"Most members powerfully condemned the warfare successful Ukraine," the declaration said, signalling that Russia, which is simply a subordinate of G20, opposed the wording. The positions taken by China and India, which abstained from a akin U.N. solution successful March, were not instantly clear.

However, astatine slightest 3 diplomats said the statement, which recognised that "there were different views and antithetic assessments of the concern and sanctions", was unanimously adopted.

"The usage oregon menace of usage of atomic weapons is inadmissible," the declaration besides said.

"It is indispensable to uphold planetary instrumentality and the multilateral strategy that safeguards bid and stability. This includes defending each the purposes and principles enshrined successful the Charter of the United Nations and adhering to planetary humanitarian law."

Earlier, the day's docket astatine the acme was disrupted by an exigency gathering to sermon reports of a rocket landing successful Polish territory adjacent Ukraine connected Tuesday and sidesplitting 2 people.

U.S. President Joe Biden said aft the gathering that the United States and its NATO allies were investigating the blast but aboriginal accusation suggested it whitethorn not person been caused by a rocket fired from Russia.

NATO subordinate Poland had said a rocket killed 2 radical successful eastbound Poland adjacent Ukraine, and it summoned Russia's ambassador for an mentation aft Russia denied it was responsible.

Leaders from the Group of Seven nations, Spain, the Netherlands and the EU, who were each successful Bali for the G20 summit, attended the meeting. The G7 includes the United States, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Britain and Japan.

Taking a interruption from the negotiations, the G20 leaders dressed successful achromatic shirts, immoderate with shot caps with the G20 logo, took portion successful a ceremonial to works mangrove saplings to awesome the conflict against clime change.

They agreed to prosecute efforts to limit the rise successful planetary temperatures to 1.5C, including speeding up efforts to signifier down unabated usage of coal.

On the sidelines of the summit, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held a two-hour meeting with Chinese cardinal slope Governor Yi Gang, her archetypal in-person talks with a elder Chinese economical official.

She had said earlier the gathering she hoped to get caller penetration into China's argumentation plans and enactment towards much economical engagement betwixt the 2 countries.

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told Reuters connected the acme sidelines that respective large economies faced a existent hazard of sliding into recession arsenic the warfare successful Ukraine, rising nutrient and substance costs, and soaring ostentation unreality the planetary outlook.

'CALIBRATE MONETARY TIGHTENING'

But it was the Western-led propulsion to condemn Russia implicit its penetration of Ukraine that dominated the talks.

Many participants said President Vladimir Putin's Feb. 24 penetration of Ukraine had pummelled the planetary system and revived Cold War-era geopolitical divisions conscionable arsenic the satellite was emerging from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Russia, whose forces pounded cities and vigor facilities crossed Ukraine connected Tuesday arsenic the G20 met, has said "politicisation" of the acme was unfair.

"Yes, determination is simply a warfare going connected successful Ukraine, a hybrid warfare that the West has unleashed and been preparing for years," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said connected Tuesday, repeating Putin's enactment that NATO's enlargement had threatened Russia. Lavrov was representing Putin astatine the acme but near connected Tuesday evening. Russia was aboriginal represented by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

The West has accused Russia of making irresponsible statements connected the imaginable usage of atomic weapons since its penetration of Ukraine. Russia has successful crook accused the West of "provocative" atomic rhetoric.

The 19 countries successful the G20 unneurotic with the European Union relationship for much than 80% of the world's gross home product, 75% of planetary commercialized and 60% of its population.

Host Indonesia has pleaded for unity and a absorption connected problems similar inflation, hunger and precocious vigor prices, each exacerbated by the war.

In their declaration, the leaders said the satellite system was facing "unparalleled multidimensional crises" ranging from the warfare successful Ukraine to a surge successful inflation, forcing galore cardinal banks to tighten monetary policy.

As good arsenic agreeing to calibrate monetary tightening, the G20 members reaffirmed their committedness to debar excessive exchange-rate volatility portion recognising that "many currencies person moved significantly" this year.

On debt, they voiced interest astir the "deteriorating" concern of immoderate middle-income countries and stressed the value of each creditors sharing a just burden.

Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy, Stanley Widianto, Nandita Bose, Leika Kihara, David Lawder and Simon Lewis successful Nusa Dua, Andrea Shalal successful Washington, Andreas Rinke successful Berlin; Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan, Robert Birsel and Tom Hogue

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