15-16 November 2022, Bali, Indonesia
At G20 at Bali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘was instrumental in forging a consensus around a joint statement among a far-flung group of countries’, said US Principal deputy NSA John Finer at Washington on Sunday, 20th November 2022.
Earlier at Bali, on 15th November 2022, the PM in his first address had said,” We have to find a way to return to the path of ceasefire and diplomacy in Ukraine.” He also opposed any restrictions on the supply of energy, though the west is against the purchase of discounted Russian crude oil and gas.
At the same session, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said,” Being responsible means not creating zero sum situations, being responsible here also means that we must end the war.”
Though the different countries did voice the national positions on the Ukraine war, G20 communique recognized that the G20 is not the forum to resolve security issues, we acknowledge that security issues can have significant consequences for the global economy.
The communique said: The use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible. The peaceful resolution of conflicts, efforts to address crises, as well as diplomacy and dialogue, are vital. Today’s era must not be of war.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who was representing President Vladimir Putin, left Bali on Wednesday, 16th November 2022, a day ahead of the scheduled conclusion of the G20 Summit, probably after he saw that G20 in its official communique was not censuring Russia.