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The G-20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting is a gathering of foreign ministers from the Group of Twenty (G-20) countries, which includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.

The current situation surrounding the meeting is overshadowed by the growing confrontation between Western countries and the Russia-China combine. After a public spat at the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting over the weekend, a joint statement at the G-20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting looks unlikely for now. Officials are expected to make a final call on Tuesday and Wednesday, and if they fail to reach a consensus, India hopes to put out a “Chairman’s outcome statement” similar to the one issued at the Finance Ministers’ meeting in Bengaluru. The tensions between the Western countries and Russia-China combine are likely to be more pronounced as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang land in Delhi on Wednesday for the inaugural reception to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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