US counting on G20 summit to produce joint statement — White House
"I'm not going to personally characterize the Chinese position in the room or the Russian position in the room," US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said
WASHINGTON, September 8. /TASS/. The United States is expecting the leaders of the G20 group of nations to adopt a joint statement during their upcoming summit in New Delhi, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters.
“Our coordinators have been working all day and all night the last few days on the joint statement. We come into this, the United States, with immense goodwill towards producing consensus. And in that, we bring a spirit of compromise to a lot of the different issues that are contentious so that we can find a text that everybody can live with," he said. "I'm not going to personally characterize the Chinese position in the room or the Russian position in the room."
"I will say that the United States is ready to do our part to deliver a joint statement, and we think there is a joint statement to be had," the White House official added.