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\n After hundreds of hours of negotiations and more than a dozen drafts, representatives of the world\u2019s richest nations faced a difficult choice late Friday evening: Accept watered-down language about Ukraine in a final G20 declaration, or have no declaration at all.\n <\/p>\n

\n As the clock ticked down, the leaders chose the former, hoping to avoid open fractures within their group, a ding to the G20\u2019s credibility and embarrassment for the summit\u2019s host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.\n <\/p>\n

\n In doing so, the group was left with a statement that avoided any explicit condemnation of Russia\u2019s invasion, opting instead for vows from the 20 member states to respect territorial integrity and work toward peace.\n <\/p>\n

\n Four diplomats involved in the discussions described a pained process that resulted in a document that \u2013 despite public support from the White House \u2013 left many supporters of Ukraine deeply disappointed.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ukraine itself declared the document \u201cnothing to be proud of.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The talks unfolded over 200 hours of meetings and 15 different drafts, according to the Indian government official responsible for shepherding the talks.\n <\/p>\n

\n Throughout the process, representatives from Russia and China continually sought to strip away more forceful language regarding Moscow\u2019s invasion, diplomats said. Focus turned to the paragraph in last year\u2019s G20 declaration adopted in Bali condemning Russian \u201caggression\u201d in Ukraine.\n <\/p>\n

\n Representatives from some of the developing nations represented in the G20, many of whom maintain ties to Moscow, also expressed misgivings about including the language in this year\u2019s statement, leading to prolonged negotiations over how to describe the conflict.\n <\/p>\n

\n The diplomats involved said the wrangling over Ukraine proved to be the most complex part of the discussions, with several draft versions of the statement containing no language about the conflict whatsoever.\n <\/p>\n

\n By the days leading up to the summit, it had become clear that any statement agreed to by the leaders would contain language that fell short of the statement from last year.\n <\/p>\n

\n Just before midnight Friday, it was clear to diplomats involved that the compromise language was the only option, aside from not producing a statement at all.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThis is not the statement the G7 or NATO would have written,\u201d one European official involved in the talks said. \u201cThis is different beast. The expectations have to be different.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Even French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to acknowledge the statement wasn\u2019t exactly satisfactory.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cLet us face it that G20 is not a forum for political discussions,\u201d he said in New Delhi, suggesting the summit was better suited for talks on the economy and climate change.\n <\/p>\n

\n White House officials were quick to praise the document as \u201cconsequential\u201d and \u201cunprecedented.\u201d And they pointed out that even without explicit mention of Russia\u2019s invasion, the statement did convince nations like Brazil and South Africa \u2013 which haven\u2019t taken sides in the war \u2013 to agree on maintaining territorial integrity and halting attacks on infrastructure.\n <\/p>\n

\n Biden himself said Sunday the final declaration didn\u2019t represent a \u201cwedge\u201d with the global south. Instead, he said it represented Russia\u2019s intransigence.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s a wedge issue with Russia, which is present, and China, which is present and has a representative,\u201d Biden said at a news conference.\n <\/p>\n

\n Behind the scenes, officials were also mindful of how important this year\u2019s G20 has been to elevating Modi as a global statesman. Concluding the summit without a statement would have amounted to a major disappointment; no G20 summit in the past 15 years has ended without one.\n <\/p>\n

\n The US and Europe have sought to cultivate Modi as a partner and bolster his status on the world stage, making it more difficult to stomach the prospect of blocking a final joint statement, according to officials.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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