India played essential role at G20 summit: US

WASHINGTON: The United States has said that India played an “essential role” in negotiating the G20 summit leaders’ declaration in Bali, and Washington fully supports India’s presidency of the grouping over the next year.

“India played an essential role in negotiating the summit’s declaration. PM Narendra Modi made clear ‘today’s era must not be of war’ and that’s a direct quote from the Prime Minister, ” said White House spokesperson Karine Jeanpierre. In the backdrop of the Ukraine war , Modi’s message to Russian President Vladimir Putin in September emerged as the point of consensus at the G20 meet.

The declaration read, “The peaceful resolution of conflicts, efforts to address crises... are vital. Today’s era must not be of war.”