German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called the joint declaration from the G20 summit a success for having stressed the "territorial integrity" of all countries, despite its not explicitly condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Scholz told a press conference that it was an achievement "that in the end Russia gave up its resistance to such a resolution, simply because everyone else had moved in this direction." Scholz seemed to be referring to China — which has so far been ambivalent in its stance on the invasion — as one of the countries that had given its approval for the final wording.

The formulations in the document regarding the conflict in Ukraine did not impress Kyiv, but have been praised by Moscow as "balanced."

At last year's G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, leaders called on Russia to carry out a "complete and
unconditional withdrawal" from Ukraine.