{"id":34628,"date":"2023-09-06T05:39:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T05:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=34628"},"modified":"2023-09-06T05:39:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T05:39:43","slug":"g20-summit-us-urges-china-not-to-play-spoiler-at-leaders-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=34628","title":{"rendered":"G20 summit: US urges China not to ‘play spoiler’ at leader’s meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BBC News: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has asked China to set aside its issues with India and play a “constructive role” in the upcoming G20 summit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Sullivan said it was up to China if it “wanted to play the role of a spoiler” instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His remarks come after China confirmed that its leader, Xi Jinping, would not attend the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India will host the G20 summit in capital Delhi on 9 and 10 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither India nor China has given specific reasons behind Mr Xi’s absence. Beijing has said its premier Li Qiang would lead China’s delegation at the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India and China share a frosty relationship and tensions between the two countries have worsened since 2020, when their troops were involved in a deadly clash at the Galwan valley in Ladakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The source of the tension between the neighbours is a disputed 3,440km (2,100 mile)-long de facto border along the Himalayas – which is poorly demarcated and soldiers on either side come face to face at many points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the two countries got into a diplomatic row over <\/a>an “official map” released by China, which India said laid claim to its territory. Beijing responded by saying that Delhi should refrain from “over-interpreting” the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked by a reporter at a press briefing if tensions between India and China would overshadow the summit, Mr Sullivan said that that was “up to China”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If China wants to come in and play the role of spoiler, of course, that option is available to them,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he added that the summit’s chair – India – the US and “every other member” of the G20 would encourage China to “come in in a constructive way on climate, on multilateral development bank reform, on debt relief, on technology, and set aside the geopolitical questions and really focus on problem-solving and delivering for the developing countries”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The G20 – or Group of Twenty – is a club of countries which meets to discuss plans for the global economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between them, G20 countries account for 85% of the world’s economic output and 75% of world trade. They contain two-thirds of the global population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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