2023-09-09 21:07:30
The leaders of the G20 countries, meeting on Saturday September 9 in New Delhi (India), denounced the“use of force” aimed at territorial gains in Ukraine. “In line with the UN Charter, all States must refrain from resorting to the threat or use of force to seek to obtain territorial gains against territorial integrity and political sovereignty of any state”, they said in the declaration adopted at the end of the summit. The text does not mention the“Russian aggression” in Ukraine, yet mentioned in the declaration adopted in 2022 in Bali.
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