India’s G20 summit negotiator, Amitabh Kant, expressed concern that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is diverting the world’s attention from the pressing need to address global poverty. The conflict, which entered its second year last month, has overshadowed two back-to-back G20 ministerial meetings in India.
Despite India’s efforts to highlight the economic impact of the war, climate change, and poorer countries’ debt, Kant asserts that Europe cannot bring the world’s developmental issues to a standstill. He emphasized the far-reaching impact of poverty and the urgent need to address it, especially as 75 countries suffer from global debt, and one-third of the world is in recession.
