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Truth be told, the G20 under India’s presidency is nowhere near the pageantry that had been promised.

The G20 Leaders Summit will be held in New Delhi, India in September this year.

Let’s acknowledge the advances made under India’s G20 presidency and not be misled by the mere lack of a joint communique.

G20 members may not have agreed on a joint statement, but the lament that India has no ability to broker consensus on the global stage is misplaced

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that India has been talking about reforms in multilateral institutions and an expert panel has been formed on how multilateral development institutions should respond to 21st Century challenges.

Overall 40 delegations, including of 13 international organisations, participated in the meeting. Nine guest countries participating at the level of Foreign Ministers were Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and the United Arab Emirates

The G20 foreign ministers meeting was unable to come out with a joint statement due to a sharp rift between West and Russia over the issue

Foreign Ministers of G20 countries on Thursday condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations as they noted the growing threat from the misuse of new a

'There were issues and very frankly they were concerned with the Ukraine conflict. There were divergences. There were differences, which could not be reconciled,' said external affairs minister S. Jaishankar.

The G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Delhi was one of the largest ever hosted by a G20 president.