Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders from the world’s major economies arrived in Indonesia’s Bali in order to attend the G20 summit, being held against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war that has added to the challenges brought about by the devastating Covid pandemic.
During the Summit, PM Modi underlined the need not to promote any restrictions on the supply of energy and called for ensuring stability while once again emphasising resolving the Ukraine conflict through diplomacy. In an address at the G-20 summit here, Modi said that climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, the developments in Ukraine and the global problems associated with it have caused havoc in the world as the global supply chains are in “ruins”.
The prime minister’s call for not putting any restrictions on energy supplies came amid the West’s call against procurement of Russian oil and gas in view of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
“I have repeatedly said that we have to find a way to return to the path of ceasefire and diplomacy in Ukraine. Over the past century, the Second World War wreaked havoc in the world. The need of the hour is to show concrete and collective resolve to ensure peace, harmony and security in the world,” said the Indian Prime Minister on Tuesday.
