The next meeting of the G20 will be attended by Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, who announced on Thursday, Indonesia – the country that will chair the next meeting. This assertion conflicts with requests from the United States and Ukraine, which are demanding Russia’s expulsion from this group.
But the calls do not stop there. The organization is also considering inviting the Ukrainian government “to discuss the impact of the conflict in Ukraine on global economic conditions,” Indonesia’s Assistant Minister of Macroeconomics and International Finance Wimpei Saputra said in a press conference, reported by Reuters.
Siluanov’s presence, even via video, was called into question by the Western countries present at the G-20, especially the United States, which had already threatened to boycott meetings with official representatives of Russia.
Last week, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that Russia should be expelled from the G-20, a view also shared by President Joe Biden, followed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.
According to the Kremlin, the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin will depend on the situation, as many leaders have previously submitted requests to prevent him from participating in the organization’s meetings.
“The decision will be taken according to the situation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at his daily press conference, noting that Indonesia’s opinion would be the first to be taken into account.
The next meeting of the Group of Twenty is scheduled for April 20 in Washington, DC, in the United States, and will welcome the finance ministers of the world’s 20 largest economies, as well as central bank governors.
It is reported that after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia was expelled from the Group of Eight, the group of major industrialized countries in the world, which became the Group of Seven.
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