French foreign minister makes rules-based order plea to global south over Ukraine

<p>Jean-Noël Barrot tells G20 to prioritise those who support the law rather than power by force</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/20/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-trump-putin-europe-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>European powers have made a plea at the G20 in South Africa to countries in the global south that they show unambivalent support for the international rules-based order, including the sovereignty of Ukraine.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/20/jean-noel-barrot-france-international-law-global-north-south">Writing in the Guardian</a>, the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, said the real line of geopolitical division was not between north and south but between those who supported the international rules-based order and those who did not.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/20/french-foreign-minister-rules-based-order-ukraine-g20">Continue reading...</a>