Nov 10,2022:Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit of world leaders in Bali next week.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation at the summit, the first gathering of leaders of the world’s biggest economies since Putin launched his war in Ukraine.
Moscow’s embassy in Indonesia told the AFP news agency that Putin’s program was “still being worked out” and the Russian leader could participate in the summit virtually.
An Indonesian government official earlier told the Reuters news agency that Lavrov would represent Putin and the Russian president would join one of the summit’s meetings virtually.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo earlier this week told the Financial Times he had a “strong impression” the Russian leader would skip the gathering.
The G20 summit, which brings together the leaders of 19 countries and the European Union, is expected to be dominated by the fallout of the Ukraine war, which has fuelled global shortages of food and fuel.
