Next g20 meeting11/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Still, that may not be enough to deter Putin. ![]() Modi, the Indian prime minister who would act as a host, or perhaps Xi Jinping of China, it’s very difficult to see what other bilateral meetings he is likely to have,” Eyal said. 1999 Inception of G20 The G20 was founded in 1999 after the Asian financial crisis as a forum for the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to discuss global economic and financial issues. But as far as international diplomacy goes, that was a long time ago. India holds the Presidency of the G20 from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023. Putin famously greeted Saudi Arabia’s crown prince with a high five at the G20 conference in 2018, soon after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. G20 meeting ends in discord as Russia and China refuse to condemn Ukraine war Indias finance minister would not say whether her country was among the. A number of major G20 countries abstained from a United Nations vote in February calling on Russia to leave Ukraine: Saudi Arabia, South Africa, India and Russia’s longtime ally China. I ndonesia gathers the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies in its island paradise of Bali for a two-day summit from Nov. ![]() “And some of the leaders, including President Biden, already decided to ignore President Putin and not take any picture with him.”Ī key element of G20 summits is bilateral meetings with world leaders - invitations to such tête-à-têtes may be a deciding factor for Putin. Brazil will host the G20 in 2024, followed by. “He doesn’t want to be in the situation of sitting together with Western leaders who will just accuse him,” Fedorov said. Indonesia held the G20 presidency in 2022, with the G20 Bali Leaders Declaration released on 16 November 2022. India, like Russia and the U.S., is not a member. South Africa is one of the 123 nations that have ratified the Rome Statute that compels them to carry out ICC warrants. (South African President Cyril Ramaphosa did say he was reluctant to arrest his Russian counterpart.) Putin is already missing the BRICS summit of emerging economies in Johannesburg this month, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, because host nation South Africa would be obliged to arrest him. The Indian finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, said that both Russia and China had objected to a reference to “immense human suffering.”įrance has said it will not sign any statement that stops short of condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, like the one issued at the end of last year’s G20 summit in Bali did.Īn added complication for Putin if he travels outside Russia’s borders is an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of committing war crimes in connection with the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. In July a two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers ended without the usual joint communiqué due to tense differences over Ukraine. Next month’s G20 summit is already set to be the most contentious in years and an important litmus test of many countries’ true positions on Ukraine. ![]()
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