G20 South Africa Summit: Leaders’ Declaration adopted despite US warning, calls for multilateral cooperation

Despite the US warning, the G20 member nations gathering in South Africa’s Johannesburg on Saturday adopted a joint Leaders’ Declaration, calling for multilateral cooperation to address shared challenges.

“We meet against the backdrop of rising geopolitical and geo-economic competition and instability, heightened conflicts and wars, deepening inequality, increasing global economic uncertainty and fragmentation. In the face of this challenging political and socio-economic environment, we underscore our belief in multilateral cooperation to collectively address shared challenges,” stated the declaration.

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The Leaders’ Declaration further reaffirmed that in line with the UN Charter, all states must refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition against