Nadia Calviño entered the memorial erected in New Delhi in memory of Mahatma Gandhi barefoot on Sunday morning. She also did so in the second line of the group of G-20 world leaders, just behind the American Joe Biden and the Indian Narendra Modi, who led the group that made a choreographed floral offering in tribute to the Indian apostle of freedom. and the peace.
The first vice president of the acting Government, as representative of Spain after the absence of President Pedro Sánchez due to Covid, participated on Sunday in the closing sessions of a summit marked by a final document criticized for the focus on the war in Ukraine: it addresses the economic impact of the conflict and reiterates support for the UN resolution opposing Russian aggression, but does not condemn the attack after the Kremlin, with the support of Beijing, rejected the use of terms that blamed Russia for the conflict .
“The summit called to work for peace in Ukraine, a just and lasting peace in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter of Human Rights,” Calviño said in a press conference. “Spain will continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary.”
The vice president, happy with the “success” of having achieved consensus to launch a joint declaration that was in the air before the summit, defends that the document signed by all the leaders advocates a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine.
The Spanish representative in the capital of India highlighted the paragraph of the published document that states that all countries “should refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisitions against the territorial integrity and sovereignty or political independence of any state.” “.
The Minister of Economy has also revealed that the leaders, in addition to asking about the president’s state of health after testing positive for Covid, have been interested in the political situation in Spain. “I have conveyed a message of tranquility and confidence to them,” she stressed.
Calviño has assured the world leaders present in Delhi that the next Government of Spain will be led by Pedro Sánchez and that he will continue a “progressive agenda of harmony and coexistence.”
