G20 foreign ministers' meet ends sans communique over Ukraine differences

The outcome document talks of the need for a specific initiative to boost global skills mapping

As a result of the continuing diplomatic tussle between the West and Russia over the war in Ukraine, the first G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting under New Delhi’s presidency ended on Thursday without a joint communique.

Instead, the G20 nations issued a chair summary and a common outcome document on Thursday, the first time this has been done. The document focussed on expanding multilateralism and reforms to the United Nations.

The document outlines the common positions on which the G20 needs to come together, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said at a press conference after the deliberations concluded.

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