G20 talks end in India with no consensus on Ukraine war

By MATTHEW LEE
AP Diplomatic Writer

NEW DELHI (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations have ended a contentious meeting in New Delhi with no consensus on the Ukraine war, as discussions of the war and China’s widening global influence dominated much of the talks. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says there were “divergences” on the issue of the war “which we could not reconcile as various parties held differing views.” Host India had appealed for all members of the fractured Group of 20 to reach consensus on issues of deep concern to poorer countries even if the broader East-West split over Ukraine could not be resolved. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned that “multilateralism is in crisis today.”