China is emerging as a block on negotiations in the run-up to a meeting of Group of 20 leaders, with the UK accusing Beijing of obstructing measures to tackle climate change and refusing to back language condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that with China objecting to proposals on Ukraine and climate, G20 nations had yet to reach agreement on a joint statement going into the two-day summit in New Delhi.