'300 Bilateral Meetings, 200 Hours Of...': How Indian Diplomats Made G20 New Delhi Declaration Possible
Date
9/10/2023 2:00:35 PM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Indian diplomats led more than“200 hours of non-stop negotiations” to reach a consenon Saturday's G20 leaders' declaration. The group has struggled to find common ground on several issues recently – including the Ukraine war and climate change. Extensive work by a 'brilliant' team however allowed India to avoid a major diplomatic embarrassment.“The most complex part of the entire G20 was to bring consenon the geopolitical paragraphs (Russia-Ukraine). This was done over 200 hours of non-stop negotiations, 300 bilateral meetings and 15 drafts. In this, I was greatly assisted by two brilliant officers - joint secretaries Eenam Gambhir and Nagaraj Naidu Kakanur,” tweeted G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant.India managed to hammer out an unexpected consenamong the G20 countries on the contentiissue through a series of hectic negotiations with emerging economies such as Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia playing a leading role in reaching the breakthrough. According to a PTI report quoting sources these three countries also helped in drafting the text that drew every member nation's approval.ALSO READ: 'Russia likely to invest trapped rupees in India': Lavrov says. Top PointsWorld media has since dubbed the carefully worded declaration a“coup” for host Prime Minister Narendra Modi though the final compromise statement reflected a stand far softer than those theand its Western allies have adopted on Russia.
(With inputs from agencies)
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