Deeply divided top diplomats from the world’s richest and largest developing nations struggled to find common ground over Russia’s war in Ukraine and how to deal with its global impacts.
At talks that were were knocked off balance by two unrelated and unexpected political developments far from the Indonesian resort, Group of 20 foreign ministers heard an emotional plea for unity and an end to the war from their Indonesian host.
Yet, consensus appeared to remain elusive amid deepening East-West splits driven by China and Russia on one side and the US and Europe on the other.