00:00The G20 summit in South Africa opened on Saturday with leaders adopting a declaration
00:06addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges, after it was drafted without U.S.
00:12input. The declaration, using language to which Washington opposed, can't be renegotiated,
00:19as spokesperson for South Africa's president Cyril Moposa told reporters.
00:24Leaders and top government officials from leading and emerging economies came together
00:29to try to find some consensus on the priorities in the two-day summit.
00:33But the summit also comes as European leaders try to hash out alternatives to a U.S. plan
00:40to halt Russia's war in Ukraine.
00:43The 28-point blueprint to end the Kremlin's aggression sparked alarm in Kyiv,
00:48with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying his country could face a stark choice
00:54between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving U.S. support.
00:59While the White House is boycotting the G20 talks, EU leaders say their talks on the proposed
01:05peace plan for Ukraine will continue next week with 27 leaders of the bloc
01:10in the margins of the EU-AU summit in Luanda.
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