Indonesian chief tells newspaper he’s involved worldwide tensions might overshadow financial summit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t anticipated to attend the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit in Bali, his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo has informed the media.
Widodo, the host of the summit, mentioned in an interview with the Monetary Occasions that he has a “robust impression” the Russian chief will skip the occasion.
Within the interview revealed on Monday, Widodo mentioned Russia was welcome on the summit and expressed concern that the gathering may very well be overshadowed by a “very worrying” rise in worldwide tensions.
“The G20 isn’t meant to be a political discussion board. It’s meant to be about economics and improvement,” he informed the newspaper.
Widodo’s feedback come after Putin final month mentioned he would “take into consideration” attending the summit, however Russia would “positively” be represented at a excessive stage.
The G20 summit would be the first gathering of the leaders of the world’s largest economies since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is anticipated to be dominated by the fallout of the struggle.
Indonesia has rejected calls by Western nations and Ukraine to exclude Russia from the summit, pledging to keep up neutrality and emphasising the potential for cooperation on meals and power safety.
On the UN Basic Meeting final month, 16 members of the G20 voted in favour of a decision condemning Moscow’s tried annexation of 4 areas of jap Ukraine. Different G20 members China, India and South Africa abstained, whereas the European Union isn’t represented on the UN physique.
Widodo has additionally invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has mentioned he is not going to attend if Putin is there.
US President Joe Biden and Chinese language President Xi Jinping are among the many world leaders anticipated to journey to the summit.
