Due to deep divisions over the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the G20 finance ministers were unable to adopt a joint communiqué at their first meeting under the Indian Presidency, held on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February in Bengaluru.
The document summarising the ministerial discussions endorses two paragraphs from the November 2022 Bali Declaration strongly condemning the war in Ukraine and calling for respect for international law based on the UN Charter, which had been agreed...