G-20 Hails Compromise on War Wording That Angers Ukraine
- Kyiv says language on invasion ‘nothing to be proud of’
- Wording on Russia invasion of Ukraine close to last year’s
Narendra Modi and Sergei Lavrov at the G20 Summit.
Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
This article is for subscribers only.
Group of 20 leaders agreed on a joint statement including compromise language on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that won praise from the US and its allies but drew bitter criticism from Kyiv.
The phrasing was hammered out in eleventh-hour negotiations and largely repeated the references used in last year’s text. But efforts by the US and its allies to toughen criticism of Russia’s invasion ran into fierce opposition from Moscow — and for a time — China. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping both skipped the New Delhi summit.