G20: India’s Modi relishes the highlight amid doubts over what summit achieves

Sep 10, 2023 at 5:04 PM
G20: India’s Modi relishes the highlight amid doubts over what summit achieves

As a PR train, the G20 summit in New Delhi was a masterclass by Narendra Modi.

At occasions, the Indian prime minister seemed like he’d been anointed, somewhat than merely the most recent rotating host.

He is the leader du jour, the much-needed strategic counterweight in a divided world.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty during a visit to the Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu temple in Delhi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India. Picture date: Sunday September 10, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS G20. Photo credit should read: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his spouse Akshata Murty visited the Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu temple in New Delhi. Pic: AP

Members seem so drawn to his financial, army and bridge-building potential, they’re prepared to place apart considerations about his nationalist politics at house.

But some argue the G20 is now nothing greater than a speaking store.

And this 12 months’s summit, they are saying, has supplied little concrete progress on tackling local weather change or wealth inequality.

They additionally declare there’s little element concerning the new financial hall between India, the Middle East and Europe.

And but, it seems like most members really feel like they obtained one thing out of this summit.

Most critically, they prevented failure.

FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at a press conference, during the G20 summit, in New Delhi, India, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov complained of the eye on Ukraine

But you want solely to have a look at the passing of the baton to see how fragile this group is.

President Lula of Brazil has already promised Russian chief Vladimir Putin wouldn’t be arrested in Brazil if he attends the Group of 20 assembly in Rio de Janeiro subsequent 12 months.

Interviewed on the sidelines, Mr Lula additionally mentioned he’d be attending a BRICs bloc of creating nations assembly in Russia earlier than the following gathering.

This is a brand new period in world politics.

The energy dynamics have modified, and western dominance is being closely examined.

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The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed the wording on Ukraine, largely, after all, as a result of it didn’t condemn or hardly mention Russia.

He declared: “Thanks to the consolidated position of the global south defending its legitimate interests, it was possible to prevent the success of the West’s attempt to again ‘Ukrainise’ the entire agenda.”

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In a news convention because the summit ended, French President Emmanuel Macron tried to hit again, saying the G20 “supports territorial integrity in UN charters”, calling that “the opposite of what Russia is doing”.

Canada’s Justin Trudeau additionally weighed in, saying that if it had been as much as simply him, the language on the Ukraine struggle within the joint declaration would have been stronger.

But the G20 has modified irrevocably and its members additionally know, over the following couple of years, they could nicely must combat for its survival.