Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called on the international community to take a more active role towards an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and a two-state solution to the conflict during talks at the G20 meeting in Brazil, a Turkish diplomatic source said. Turkey, which has harshly criticised Israel for its attacks on Gaza and backed measures to have it tried for genocide at the World Court, has repeatedly called for a ceasefire. Unlike its Western allies and some Gulf nations, NATO member Turkey does not view Hamas, the Palestinian militant group which runs Gaza and on Oct. 7 carried out an attack inside Israel that prompted the Israeli campaign, as a terrorist organisation.
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Brazil to participate in the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers, taking place from February 21-22, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
On the “actual expenditure incurred by the G20 Secretariat on organising the G20 Summit and related events across India”, the MEA stated that the bills are “being received and processed by the secretariat”.