Fierce discussions over Russia's war in Ukraine have dominated the G20 talks, with India, the host nation this time, saying the disagreements meant there would be no joint statement.
The US Secretary of State said that the meeting was damaged by Russia's "unprovoked and unjustified war".
The Russian Foreign Minister has accused the West of "threat and blackmail".
India wanted to focus on other issues, but said differences over Ukraine "could not be overcome", the BBC reported.
"We tried, but the gap between the states was too big", said the Indian Foreign Minister.
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In a video address to foreign ministers, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged them not to allow current tensions to destroy agreements that can be reached on food and energy security, climate change and the debt crisis.
"We all have our own positions and perspectives on how these tensions should be resolved," he said, adding that: "We must not let issues that we cannot resolve together get in the way of those that we can." "we solve them".
Expressing fears that the increasingly bitter rift between the United States and its allies, on the one hand, and Russia and China, on the other, looks set to widen further, Modi said "multilateralism is in crisis today." .
He complained that the two main goals of the post-World War II international order—preventing conflict and fostering cooperation—were elusive.
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"The experience of the last two years, the financial crisis, the pandemic, terrorism and wars clearly show that global governance has failed," he said.
The war in Ukraine and its effects on global energy and food security will dominate most international events.
