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A day after G-20 leaders adopted the Delhi declaration with significantly watered down language on Russia, G7 countries mounted a defence that the language against Russia was not weakened but was something needed to obtain consensus for G-20.

In a press conference full of barbs about the G-7 and EU, that he repeatedly referred to as “the West”, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that all G-20 declarations need a compromise.

On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, the Italian PM met Chinese Premier Li Qiang and shared her plan to pull out of the BRI, as per the Italian media report. Read further on Dynamite News

2023 G-20 Declaration text marks climbdown by G-7 and EU, doesn’t contain direct criticism of Russia for Ukraine war; G-20 accepts membership of African Union; consensus had come about due to stand taken by Indonesia, India, Brazil and South Africa

During a recent meeting with the nation’s diplomatic corps, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave Ukraine’s ambassadors their marching orders for the rest of the year: Work to help secure Ukraine’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union. Zelenskyy also told the ambassadors to focus on helping Ukraine…

As Putin stays in Moscow, India-Russia ties are in decline, while New Delhi’s bond with the West gets tighter.

Hiroyuki Akita said that was one of the key issues for Japan in the lead-up to this year’s G-20, so much so that Fumio Kishida had invited Narendra Modi to the May meeting of the G-7 countries in Hiroshima.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is facing growing skepticism from some leading rich and developing nations as the residual impact of sanctions against Russia is deepening divisions among the Group of 20 countries

Analysts say absence could be snub to Delhi or part of apparent push by Beijing to elevate blocs not regarded as US-dominated

Europe’s largest economy is engulfed by gloom following forecasts that it will suffer the G7’s only contraction this year.

The chancellor says the economy is resilient but forward-looking indicators suggest otherwise