Foreign ministers from around the world meet in New Delhi this week in the shadow of Russia’s war in Ukraine and spiraling U.S.-China tensions, with host India hoping that issues like climate change and Third World debt are not overlooked. | Reuters
The New Delhi meeting will be attended by Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Britain’s James Cleverly, while China is expected to send its foreign minister, Qin Gang. In all, representatives of 40 countries, including non-G20 members invited by India, and multilateral organizations will attend.
A meeting of foreign ministers of the Quad countries – the United States, India, Australia and Japan – is also scheduled to be held on the sidelines. India does not want Ukraine to dominate the event, but it will be top of the agenda, said the official. It is New Delhi’s “intention to continue playing the voice of the Global South and raising issues pertinent to the region,” the official added.
The U.S. top diplomat also will “underscore the damage that Russia’s war of aggression has caused” and encourage other nations to redouble calls for Russia to end the war, Toloui told reporters ahead of Blinken’s travel to the meeting.The foreign ministers’ meeting will also be watched for how tensions between Washington and Beijing play out, including over the Ukraine war.Earlier on Monday, China accused the United States of “endangering” peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait after a U.S.
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