G20 summit: US urges China not to ‘play spoiler’ at leader’s meet

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Jake Sullivan, a US National Security adviser, has urged China to put its differences with India apart and participate” constructively” in the future G20 summit.

According to Mr. Sullivan, China had to decide whether or not to” want to play the role of a despoiler.”

His comments come after China announced that Xi Jinping, the country’s chief, would not be present.

India will number the G20 summit on September 9 and 10 in the nation’s capital, Delhi.

China and India have not provided any distinct explanations for Mr. Xi’s presence. Li Qiang, the top of Beijing, is expected to lead China’s delegation to the summit.

Since 2020, when their soldiers were involved in a fatal fight at the Galwan river in Ladakh, tensions between China and India have risen.

The disputed 3, 440 km( 2, 100 mile ) long de facto border along the Himalayas is the source of the neighbors’ hostility; it is poorly marked, and soldiers from both sides frequently cross paths.

An” standard map” released by China, which India claimed claimed as belonging to its place, sparked a diplomatic dispute between the two nations last year. Delhi should refrain from” over-interpreting” the situation, Beijing retorted.

At a press conference, Mr. Sullivan responded that it was” up to China” when asked if tensions between India and China may dominate the mountain.

Of course, China has the opportunity to intervene and act as a spoiler, he said.

He did, however, add that the event’s head, India, the US, and” every other member” of the G20, would urge China to” come on in a creative way on climate, multilateral development banks reform, debt relief, on technology and really focus on problem-solving and delivering for the developing places.”

A group of nations known as the G20, or Group of Twenty, gathers to explore strategies for the world market.

Together, the G20 nations make up 75 % of global trade and 85 % of the world’s economic output. Two-thirds of the world’s people lives there.

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