G20 foreign ministers will meet on February 20-21 in South Africa
The meeting of foreign ministers of the G20 countries (G20) will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 20-21. This was announced on January 17 by Marat Berdyev, Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"The South African presidency has officially announced the holding of the first meeting of foreign ministers of the G20 member countries under its auspices. The event will be held in Johannesburg on February 20-21," he wrote in his Telegram channel.
According to him, the key topics will be the current geopolitical situation in the world and approaches to the realization of Pretoria's priorities, focused on strengthening the potential of the global economy.
Berdyev said that the Russian side is going to use the platform to promote the principles of establishing a truly just world order, implying the rejection of unilateral diktat, domination and other practices of neocolonial pressure.
"We will insist on reaffirming the relevance of the basic principles of the UN Charter, implying the implementation of international relations on the principles of sovereign equality of states, non-interference in their internal affairs, self-determination of peoples and the final dismantling of the system of colonial legacy," he said.
The G20 foreign ministers' meeting will be held for the fourth time in a row in a country friendly to Russia. In 2022 it was Indonesia, in 2023 - India, in 2024 - Brazil. As Svetlana Lukash, Russia's G20 Sherpa, emphasized at the end of last year, South Africa's priorities fully meet Russia's interests.
The previous G20 summit was held on November 18-19 in the capital of Brazil and was dedicated to "building a just world and a sustainable planet." The Russian delegation was headed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
In the already adopted final declaration, the participants of the meeting welcomed all constructive initiatives to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. At the time, The New York Times wrote that the G20 heads of state did not pay attention to incumbent US President Joe Biden during the summit in Brazil.
