International Relations

Brazilian President Lula da Silva has said that if Russian President Putin attends the G-20 summit to be held in the Brazilian capital Rio in 2024, he will not be arrested.

According to news agency Reuters, the Brazilian President said, "I think Putin can come to Brazil. All I can say is that if I am the President of Brazil and he comes to Brazil, then there is no question of his arrest."

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March 2023 over alleged war crimes in the Ukraine war.

It is believed that for this reason he himself has not been attending meetings organized at the international level for the last few months.

He also did not come to the G20 summit in Delhi and sent his Foreign Minister Lavrov.

Lula said that before the Rio summit, a meeting of BRICS countries is going to be held in Russia and he is going there.

US President Joe Biden, who came to participate in the G20 summit, reached Rajghat, the mausoleum of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi, on Sunday, September 10, 2023, before leaving for Vietnam and paid tribute to him.

US President Joe Biden has thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking him to Rajghat in a tweet.

On Sunday, September 10, 2023, PM Modi reached the mausoleum of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in Delhi with the guests coming for the G20 conference.

President Biden wrote on social media platform X, "The partnership between India and America is rooted in Mahatma Gandhi's trusteeship principle. Trusteeship is a shared value between our countries and is also important for our common planet (Earth)."

Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for bringing us here today."

After attending the G20 summit, President Biden went to Vietnam on Sunday, September 10, 2023.

Bilateral talks took place between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit.

During this, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his concerns about the ongoing 'anti-India activities' in Canada.

India's PIB has issued a statement according to which, "PM Modi expressed deep concern to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau about the continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada."

PM Modi told PM Trudeau, "They are promoting separatism and inciting violence against Indian diplomats." They are damaging diplomatic premises and threatening the Indian community and their religious places in Canada.

"These forces have links to organized crime, drug syndicates and human trafficking and should be a matter of concern to Canada," the statement said. To deal with these threats, cooperation between the two countries is necessary.

PM Modi also said that mutual respect and trust is very important to take forward the relationship between India and Canada.

Pro-Khalistan elements have held several anti-India demonstrations in Canada during the last few months. Recently, India had summoned the High Commissioner of Canada in New Delhi after posters, propaganda materials and threats to Indian diplomats were found against such elements.

When the member countries agreed on a joint statement in the G-20 conference held in India, it was seen as a major achievement.

On Saturday, September 9, 2023, the very first day of the G-20 conference, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the consensus among all the countries on the joint statement and thanked everyone for this success.

This announcement was completely contrary to the speculations being made before the start of the conference.

It was believed that the joint statement had reduced the chances of reaching a consensus amid the Ukraine-Russia war. But when all the countries agreed on the joint statement, there was a reaction from Ukraine as well as Russia.

"The joint statement was balanced and the talks on Ukraine remained very difficult," said Russian Sherpa Svetlana Lukash.

“It took 20 days before the start of the conference and five days on the ground to agree on this joint statement,” Lukash said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had decided not to attend this conference. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov participated in this conference.

The New Delhi Declaration of the G-20, issued unanimously on Saturday, September 9, 2023, in New Delhi, mentioned the ongoing war in Ukraine but did not criticize Russia.

There are seven paragraphs in this manifesto on Ukraine war but there is no mention of Russia even at one place.

Ukraine has responded to this and said, "There is nothing to be proud of in Russia's statement on war."

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the current chairman of the G-20 countries, has handed over the chairmanship to Brazil at the conclusion of the summit.

Brazil will hold the presidency of the G-20 countries from November 2023.

PM Modi said, "India has the presidency of G-20 till November. We still have two and a half months left. I propose to hold a virtual session to review what we have decided. We hope you will join him. With this I announce the closure of G-20. May there be hope and peace throughout the world. Thank you all with the good wishes of 140 crore Indians."

During this, PM Modi also talked about increasing the number of permanent members in the United Nations Security Council.

He said that change is necessary with time.

There are currently five members in the United Nations Security Council.

These include America, Russia, China, Britain and France.

India has been demanding for a long time to increase the number of its permanent members.

Referring to the Ukraine war in the 'New Delhi G-20 Leaders Summit Declaration', the G-20 countries have said that the threat or use of nuclear weapons cannot be accepted.

Without mentioning Russia, G-20 member states reminded of the Bali Declaration and said all countries should work under the principles of the UN Charter for sustainable peace in Ukraine.

In the same declaration, member countries have also been reminded that they will refrain from using force or threat to expand their borders.

In the summit of G-20 countries being chaired by India, all the member countries with mutual consent announced 'New Delhi G-20 Leaders Summit Declaration' on Saturday, 9 September 2023.

This manifesto also includes what Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he said, "Today is not the era of war."

Unlike the annual UN conferences on climate change, the G-20 meetings generally do not see serious disagreements between developed and developing countries on actions to be taken to address this problem.

But this time in the G-20 conference, the picture regarding this looks different. In the meeting of environment ministers of G-20 countries, no consensus seems to be reached on achieving the goals like gradually reducing the use of fossil fuels, increasing the targets of renewable energy and reducing greenhouse emissions.

Whereas G-20 countries are responsible for 75% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. At the G-20 conference, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and India have opposed the goal of developed countries to triple the capacity of renewable energy by 2030.

News agency Reuters, quoting official sources, has said that in the Sherpa level meeting on September 6, 2023, these countries disagreed with the goal of developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2035.

China has rejected media reports that it had obstructed the consensus on steps to be taken to control climate change at the G-20 environment ministers' meeting held in July 2023.

China had appealed to developed countries to work according to their capacity, responsibilities and duties to eliminate the problem of climate change.

Fast-growing economies like China and India say that developed countries should fulfill their historical responsibility to reduce carbon emissions.

Whereas developing countries say that this task is difficult without the major economies coming together. The countries on both sides of the G-20 are adamant. This gives an indication of what is going to happen at COP 28, the annual UN conference on climate change.

Tibetan agitators have taken out a protest procession in Mcleodganj in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, accusing China of allegedly erasing Tibetan culture.

During a demonstration on Saturday, September 9, 2023, the protesters appealed to the world leaders attending the G-20 to talk to China. He said that China is trying to erase Tibetan culture.

Therefore, leaders from all over the world who came to India for the G-20 conference should appeal to China to stop this. The students participating in the protest said that the Chinese government is continuously attacking Tibet's education system. China wants to erase Tibet's culture and identity.

The protesters appealed to the world leaders attending the G-20 conference to stop China from taking such steps.

Tenzin Pasang, national director of Students for Free Tibet (India), told news agency PTI that China is opening colonial-style boarding schools in Tibet.

Here small children of four years of age are being kept separated from their families. They are being forcefully sent to these schools. In this way, by keeping them separated from their families, their language and culture is being destroyed.

India and America have resolved their last dispute on the issue of poultry products in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

According to the report of news agency PTI, with this both the countries have resolved with mutual consent all the seven trade disputes pending in the World Trade Organization.

Both countries have also issued a joint statement which said, "Both countries welcomed the settlement of the seventh and final dispute pending between India and the United States in the WTO. Settlement of six bilateral trade disputes in June, 2023 This happened after.

This joint statement has been issued by both the countries after the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden in Delhi.

President Joe Biden is visiting India for two days for the G-20 summit.

The African Union has been included in the G-20 as a permanent member in the G-20 summit being held in the National Capital Region of India, Delhi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his welcome address, said, "Before proceeding further with your consent, I invite the Chairman of the African Union to take his seat as a permanent member of the G-20."

The G20 group includes 19 countries – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom and America. .

The 20th member of the G20 group is the European Union.

After the African Union joined the G20 group as a permanent member, now 19 countries and two unions are its members.