G20 summit: search for compromise formul • Table.Briefings

Host Modi aims to pass a joint closing statement at the summit of the world’s leading industrial and emerging economies over the weekend. However, differences, particularly regarding the Ukraine conflict, are significant. Other issues are becoming secondary.

Ursula von der Leyen is spending a lot of time on airplanes these days. On her way from the African climate summit in Nairobi to the G20 summit in New Delhi, the Commission President made a stopover in the United Arab Emirates yesterday. There, she met with President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss the Ukraine war and the circumvention of Western sanctions against Russia. The emirates are reputed to serve as a hub for such matters. The UN climate conference in Dubai in December also came up.

G20 summit: search for compromise formula

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