Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, public Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of World Trade Organization, and Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of United Arab Emirates were among the various rulers Mr. Lee met on the event’s outside.
The intergovernmental meetings offered the chance to discuss current events in addition to expressions of interest in working with Singapore on particular projects.
Understanding their ideas on our territory and their desire for our view on what’s happening in the world, how we view our relations with China, the conflicts affecting Southeast Asia, and, consequently, How we can keep our connection with the other countries in this atmosphere, according to Mr. Lee.
These contacts, in my opinion, are extremely useful.
” COMPREHENSIVE” G20 COMMUNIQUE
Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Flemish President Emmanuel Macron, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida all attended the annual summit of the G20 markets.
The two-day celebration, which was presided over by Premier Li Qiang and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, was hardly attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping or Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mr. Lee responded,” I don’t know the reasons why President Xi or President Putin were not able to come, but obviously it would have been better if they were here ,” when asked how important the absence of the Russian and Chinese leaders was for discussions on important global issues.
However, the conversations continued.
A mutual declaration was made on the first day of the trip summit, according to India, which is currently serving as the G20’s rotating president.
In the midst of severe divisions within the axis over the Ukraine war, this first agreement was unexpected. In the announcement, European nations had earlier pushed for a harsh condemnation of Russia, while other nations insisted on concentrating on more general financial issues.
The consensus statement refrained from denouncing Russia for its involvement in the fight in Ukraine, but it did draw attention to the suffering it had inflicted on people and urged all nations to refrain from using push to seize territory.