The foreign minister of Indonesia, the host country of the annual meeting of the G20, appealed this Friday at the end of the war against Ukrainein the presence of the Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
“It is our responsibility to end the war as quickly as possible and resolve our differences at the negotiating table. not on the battlefield“, Retno Marsudi said at the opening of a preparatory meeting for the G20 summit (the 19 largest economies in the world plus the EU) at the level of foreign ministers.
The G20 annual meeting is scheduled for November 15-16 in Bali, Indonesia.
On Thursday, the The European Union (EU) said that it wanted to see Russia eliminated from this meeting, considering that the participation of Moscow “threaten credibility” of the group.
“Russia’s involvement at a high level could pose a threat to the credibility, effectiveness and relevance of the G20,” foreign policy spokeswoman Nabila Massrali told the European Commission’s daily news conference.
Indonesia, which currently chairs the G20, invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to participate in the meeting of leaders of the countries that make up the group.
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The spokeswoman for the community executive indicated that the EU has no intention of boycotting the meeting.
Jakarta also invited Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, even though the country is not a member of the G20.
Source: Observadora
