At the upcoming G20 summit, India, as the host, faces a thorny challenge: how to reach consensus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. While the United States and Western countries want to condemn Russia at the meeting, India has proposed a new proposal to include the positions of China and Russia in a statement with a view to reaching a joint statement acceptable to all member states.
India's proposal reflects its usual cautiousness. For more than a year, India has remained neutral, supporting neither Russia nor the United States and Western countries. This strategy has allowed India to maintain its influence in South Asia while avoiding being forced to take sides. However, as the G20 summit approaches, India has to start looking for new solutions.
India's proposal seems to be a reasonable solution in theory, but it may encounter difficulties in practice. Forcibly bringing different points of view together could lead to more controversy and disagreement, especially between the United States and Russia. Still, India stuck to its proposal, demonstrating its sense of responsibility as a host and its desire to demonstrate its national rise and leadership through the G20 summit.
India's proposal also reflects the importance of the G20 as an international forum. The G20 is not only the main channel of communication between developing and developed countries, but also a key platform for solving global problems. If no consensus is reached at this year's G20 summit, it could have long-term consequences for the credibility and effectiveness of the G20. Therefore, despite the challenges, India and other Member States hoped that a positive outcome could be achieved at the upcoming summit.