Key Points
India holds the presidency of the G-20, whose members Russia and China have opposed efforts by the wider group to condemn the invasion..
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to seek Indias assistance to forge a broader and stronger coalition to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine when he meets Narendra Modi on Monday, adding pressure on New Delhi to choose between major world democracies and a key supplier of energy and weapons...
Despite Indias efforts, two crucial G-20 gatherings in February and March the finance and foreign ministers meetings ended without a consensus after members disagreed over the invasion of Ukraine...
Kishida is more likely to find the Modi government is on the same page when he announces a new initiative for Indo-Pacific nations to counter China at the Indian Council of World Affairs on Monday.. I will lay out a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Plan for Peace by next spring, the prime minister said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last June as he outlined the Kishida Vision for Peace...
Japan will spend $2 billion in the next three years helping Indo-Pacific nations with equipment such as patrol boats as well as training their personnel to increase maritime law enforcement capabilities, Kishida said, adding that the new Indo-Pacific peace plan would include green initiatives and economic security...
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