“As for the presence of President Putin, he is excluded by the President [Индонезии Джоко] Widodo, he was categorical, he [Путин] not coming. What can happen is remote participation, we’ll see,” the politician said.
Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov, commenting on Draghi’s statement, said that Putin had received an invitation to participate in the summit and The Russian side responded positively.
“Well, it’s not Draghi who determines this. The invitation was received, we responded positively,” the Russian propaganda agency quoted Ushakov as saying. “Interfax”.
On June 27, Ushakov announced that Putin accepted the invitation to the G20 summit.
G20 summit will take place November 15-16 in Bali.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to the event. He accepted the invitation and said: “I believe that at this summit there will be only friend states, partner states and there will be no occupiers. I ask all Indonesians to pray for peace in Ukraine, for the people of Ukraine and that the wisdom of the world will be enough to save humanity from the threats that exist.”
Agency Bloomberg wrote April 25what Indonesia wanted “remain neutral” and refused to invite Ukraine as a guest to a summit in which Russia would participate. Western countries, in particular the United States, sought to invite Zelensky “at least for part of the meeting.”
For Indonesia, which is hosting the summit this year, the invitation Zelensky could become “an incredible logistical and diplomatic nightmare” if Putin decides to attend the summit in person, the agency noted. At the same time, several leaders, including US President Joe Biden, according to Bloomberg sources, do not intend to sit at the same table with Putin.
Russia was expelled from the G8 after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Biden said at the end of March that in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine RF should be excluded from the G20. However, the exclusion of Russia from the G20 is a more complicated procedure than the exclusion from the G8, this requires consensus, and countries such as China, most likely, will not agree, noted Bloomberg.
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