The Russian president has not decided to attend the G20 meeting ‘in person or online’

Russian President Putin – Photo: REUTERS

On April 29, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is preparing for this summitgroup of 20 major economies (G20) this year in Indonesia, but has not yet decided whether President Vladimir Putin will attend in person or online, according to Reuters.

Meanwhile, Russia’s Tass news agency reported that Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia had not yet made a decision on whether Putin would attend the G20 summit to be held in Indonesia’s Bali in the fall. this year or not.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that a decision on whether Putin would take part in the summit would depend on the situation.

“Once a decision is made, we will let you know”, nKremlin spokesman said.

Indonesia is currently the chair of the G20. It invited both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky to the summit in November, despite pressure from some Western countries to force Indonesia to exclude the Russian president from the list.

At an International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in early 2022, Indonesia’s G20 Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that the leaders of all G20 countries had been invited to the summit. coming soon, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Before that, Bloomberg reported, citing private sources that the United States had asked Indonesia to remove Russian President Vladimir Putin from this year’s G20 summit, while it warned that otherwise, some countries may send a lower-level delegation to the meeting.

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