Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has criticized the recent G7 communiqué justifying Israel’s attack on Iran as self-defence, asserting the strike occurred during ongoing US-Iran negotiations and should be rejected.
Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club roundtable in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Wickremesinghe described the current global context as the dismantling of the existing global order and the rise of a multipolar world.
Wickremesinghe said that alongside the power blocs in Asia, Africa, Eurasia and Latin America, alternative power structures are emerging in the form of non-state actors, military actors and even the multilateral organisations such as the IMF. These influential forces are responsible for shaping the global order.
Delivering his remarks at the conference, the former President stated that the Indo-Pacific was a result of the absence of a clear boundary of the Pacific. It was created with the purpose of dealing with the Taiwan crisis, an issue the Indian Ocean has no wish to get involved in, as it is accepted that Taiwan is a part of China. (Newswire)