The American Associated Press reported that “the meeting of the G20 finance ministers ended without a consensus on the position on Russia’s war on Ukraine.”
India, which holds the G20 presidency this year, has stuck to a largely neutral stance on the war, refraining from blaming Russia for the war, while seeking a diplomatic solution and boosting its purchases of Russian oil.
India and China were among the countries that abstained when the United Nations overwhelmingly agreed to demand that Moscow withdraw its forces from Ukraine and stop the fighting.
The G20 includes the G7 countries in addition to Australia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and others.