Biden Arrives in New Delhi for G20 Summit | VOA News

U.S. President Joe Biden was headed into a closed-door meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday, shortly after arriving in New Delhi to participate in a G20 summit over the weekend.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this year's host, has pledged Ukraine won't overshadow his focus on the needs of developing nations in the so-called Global South, but the war has proved hard to ignore.

"New Delhi will not want to distract from the main agenda, which is to address issues of concern for the Global South," said Nazia Hussain, an associate research fellow at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

"So while there will be discussions on the emerging issues as a fallout of the war — supply chain security and decoupling, energy security, and food supply — the focus must remain on how to mitigate the fallout rather than debate the geopolitical/security aspects of the war."

As leaders began arriving Friday, Indian diplomats were still trying to find compromise language for a joint communique.

Russia and China, which has been Moscow's most important supporter in the war against Ukraine, have rejected drafts over a reference to Ukraine that said, "most members strongly condemned the war," the same language they signed off a year ago at the G20 summit in Bali

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