India will have to navigate its way through the summits to ensure that statements emerging at the end are balanced. While the G20 is dominated by the West, the SCO comprises landlocked Central Asian nations as also South Asia. For G20 members, Ukraine is close to home and hence a matter of concern.
The event under India’s leadership of SCO will bring together Central Asian, East Asian, South Asian and Arab countries on a common platform to discuss “Shared Buddhist Heritage”.
India may have enough reasons to disentangle itself from Russias orbit, even while not embracing the West with undue warmth at this stage, but the truth is that the West is misinterpreting India's position. Ever since the Ukraine war began, it has been India's consistent position in all fora that war and violence must give way to negotiation and peace.
