By Vikas Pandey
BBC News, Delhi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged G20 overseas ministers to flooded their divisions and absorption connected the needs of the processing world.
"We are gathering astatine a clip of heavy planetary divisions. We person a work to those not successful this room," helium told the ministers successful Delhi.
India wants to usage its G20 presidency to rise issues of processing countries known arsenic the Global South.
But divisions wrong the radical implicit the Ukraine warfare volition trial Indian diplomacy.
Last week, G20 concern ministers failed to scope a statement connected a closing connection astatine their gathering successful Bangalore (Bengaluru) city, successful the archetypal ministerial gathering successful the tally up to the acme aboriginal this year.
It was near to India to merchandise a chair's summary which noted "different assessments of the situation" successful Ukraine wrong the group. The overseas ministers' talks connected Thursday are apt to look akin hurdles.
It was evident from Mr Modi's code connected Thursday that India wanted to present agreements that could assistance the processing satellite and substance its planetary ambitions.
"After years of progress, we are astatine hazard contiguous of moving backmost connected the sustainable improvement goals. Many processing countries are struggling with unsustainable debts portion trying to guarantee nutrient and vigor security," helium said.
"They are besides astir affected by planetary warming caused by richer countries. This is wherefore India's G20 presidency has tried to springiness a dependable to the Global South."
Foreign ministers, including Russia's Sergey Lavrov, US' Antony Blinken, China's Qin Gang, are successful Delhi for the meeting. A erstwhile Indian diplomat told the BBC that India would person to "do thing special" to marque them place their differences implicit the war.
Experts accidental Delhi volition besides person the delicate task of pursuing its non-alignment argumentation implicit the warfare portion urging different nations to find ways to enactment together.
India has resisted the unit and continued with its strategy of not criticising Russia directly. It has regularly abstained from voting connected UN resolutions condemning the warfare successful Ukraine, including a ballot held astatine the UN General Assembly past week.
It has besides defended its determination to summation its lipid imports from Russia, saying it has to look aft the needs of much than a cardinal people.
But it has talked astir the value of "the UN Charter, planetary law, and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states" successful its past statements connected Ukraine.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's connection connected the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization acme past autumn was viewed arsenic indirect disapproval of Russia. "Today's epoch is not of war," Mr Modi told the gathering successful Uzbekistan successful the beingness of President Vladimir Putin.
Despite Mr Modi's efforts, analysts accidental tensions implicit Ukraine are expected to overshadow talks connected Thursday. It has dominated statements from immoderate G20 members adjacent earlier the gathering started.
"This warfare has to beryllium condemned," Josep Borrell, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, told reporters aft the meeting, according to quality bureau Reuters.
"I hope, I americium definite that India's diplomatic capableness volition beryllium utilized successful bid to marque Russia recognize that this warfare has to finish," helium said.
The gathering is being attended by 40 delegations, including those led by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang.
On Wednesday, India's apical diplomat Vinay Kwatra said that portion the warfare successful Ukraine would beryllium an important constituent of discussion, "questions relating to food, vigor and fertiliser security, the interaction that the struggle has connected these economical challenges that we face" would besides person "due focus".
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