India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said energy shortages were hitting the Global South hardest after G20 talks in Atlanta, according to IANS, as ministers considered energy security and supply chains.
IANS reported that Jaishankar spoke to reporters after the foreign ministers met on Oct. 30-31, 2026. He said the Global South was “bearing the brunt” of energy shortages and criticized politicized energy flows.
In a separate post after the supply-chain plenary, Jaishankar described diversification and de-risking, including in connectivity, as central to resilient supply chains. He said distributing production across different geographies could make it harder to use resources or market share as political leverage. His post named no specific supplier or route for a diversification effort.
The U.S. chair’s statement records energy security and supply-chain resilience among the meeting’s subjects. It also notes geopolitical concerns involving the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab. The document called for affordable energy access, investment in future energy infrastructure and protected energy transit along international waterways. It also linked the issue to safe navigation and critical infrastructure.
The statement does not describe a particular supply disruption or assign responsibility to a government or company. It does not link the concerns to sanctions, attacks or specific oil-and-gas policies, and it offers no supplier-diversification plan.
The Associated Press reported that ministers concluded the meeting without a joint communiqué, with the United States issuing the chair’s statement. At an Oct. 31 news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would not claim there was near-term agreement on solutions acceptable to all.
The next G20 leaders’ summit is scheduled for Miami on Dec. 14-15, 2026.
