Rishi Sunak lands in India for historic G20 summit
R
ishi Sunak will urge world leaders to not see the battle in Ukraine as only a “European problem” on the G20 summit in India this weekend.
The prime minister landed in Delhi on Friday morning, saying he hoped to be welcomed as “India’s son-in-law” throughout his first go to to the nation since getting into Downing Street.
Mr Sunak plans to make use of the historic journey to make headway on a commerce deal and persuade nations to work to bypass Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain.
He additionally anticipated to make use of a gathering with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to push him into taking a more durable stance in the direction of Russia and Vladimir Putin.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly stated that Britain must “remind the world” that battle in Ukraine is “everybody’s problem”.
“Our position on Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine is clear,” he advised Sky News on Friday.
“I know a lot of countries in the world see it as a European problem and part of the reason that the Prime Minister is going to the G20 and talking to nations around the world, not just India, is to highlight the fact this is not just a European issue.
“The cynical assaults on grain storage and exportation infrastructure is rising starvation around the globe, one thing that we certainly, intend to take motion on with a meals safety summit that we’re going to be internet hosting subsequent yr.
“And we need to remind the world that this is everybody’s problem.”
There are notable leaders absent from the summit, together with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, who’s lacking the convention for the second yr in a row, and China’s president Xi Jinping.
Mr Sunak stated Putin is “the architect of his own diplomatic exile, isolating himself in his presidential palace and blocking out criticism and reality.”
The PM and his spouse Akshata Murty gave namaste greetings to the airport welcoming social gathering after touchdown within the Indian capital. A dance troupe additionally carried out for the couple.
He is the primary prime minister of Indian descent to go to the nation.
The authorities hopes Mr Sunak’s Indian, and the presence of his spouse, the daughter of certainly one of India’s richest males, will immediate a heat reception.
Speaking on the best way to the summit, Mr Sunak stated he was “excited to be back” and known as India a “country that is very near and dear to me”.
He added: “It’s obviously special. I saw somewhere that I was referred to as India’s son-in-law, which I hope was meant affectionately.”