07 July 2022

G20 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING JULY 7-8 2022 IN BALI INDONESIA

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The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) will be held in Bali on July 7-8, 2022. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia is organizing the meeting within the framework of Indonesia G20 Presidency.
Guided by the theme “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”, The G20 FMM 2022 aims to enhance further collaboration through dialogue to revive multilateralism in addressing global challenges

Analysts question how much can be achieved by the G20, which is fraught with rifts over how to manage the war in Ukraine and its global impacts. While western members have accused Moscow of war crimes and imposed unprecedented sanctions, others – such as China, Indonesia, India and South Africa – have not adopted the same critical stance.

Ukraine tensions run high as Lavrov flies into Bali for G20 foreign ministers summit

<div class=__reading__mode__extracted__imagecaption>G20 foreign ministers are gathering in Bali for talks bound to be dominated by the conflict in Ukraine. Photograph: Dita Alangkara/AP<br>G20 foreign ministers are gathering in Bali for talks bound to be dominated by the conflict in Ukraine. Photograph: Dita Alangkara/AP</div>

Meeting in Indonesia will be the first with the Russian envoy since the Kremlin invaded its neighbour, triggering global food and energy crises

"Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has flown into the Indonesian island of Bali for a gathering of G20 foreign ministers, which is likely to be overshadowed by Moscow’s war in Ukraine and deep divisions within the bloc over how to respond to the crisis.

US secretary of state Antony Blinken, Lavrov and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi are all due to attend the gathering as concern among western governments mounts about the war’s impact on the cost of food and fuel, which has prompted the UN to warn of an “unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution”.

The gathering will mark the first time that Lavrov has met counterparts from nations that are strongly critical of the war. . .

On Wednesday, Lavrov called on all parties in the world to make efforts to protect international laws, saying: “The world is evolving in a complicated manner.”

Earlier in the week, China attacked the US and Nato, stating that Washington “observes international rules only as it sees fit”. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing that the “so-called rules-based international order is actually a family rule made by a handful of countries to serve the US self-interest”.

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi after arriving in Bali. Photograph: Dita Alangkara/EPA

Speaking ahead of Thursday’s meeting, German foreign ministry spokesperson Christian Wagner said it would not be a “normal summit” nor “business as usual”.

Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for south-east Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, said that Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, who is hosting the meeting, is likely hoping to avoid a “disastrous meeting”.

There is such a diverse range of countries and viewpoints around the table, that it is “almost unmanageable”, said Kurlantzick. “The divides are too big between some of the G20 countries to come to any conclusions really about almost anything. It’ll be miraculous simply if no one walks out, as happened during the finance ministers meeting.”

In April the UK, US and Canada staged a coordinated walkout of a G20 meeting in protest against Russia’s invasion.

Some western countries had threatened to boycott G20 meetings, but the US state department said on Tuesday that Blinken would be a “full and active participant”.

> There would not be a formal meeting between the US and Lavrov, it said, adding that Russian was not “serious about diplomacy”. . .

Blinken will hold separate talks with Wang “to discuss having guardrails” on US-China relations so that competition “does not spill over into miscalculation or confrontation”, said US assistant secretary of state Daniel Kritenbrink.

“This will be another opportunity ... to convey our expectations about what we would expect China to do and not to do in the context of Ukraine,” he said. . .

> Indonesia maintains an “independent and active” approach to foreign policy, and has sought to appear as a neutral actor that could aid negotiations. . .

Jokowi is likely hoping “to show himself as a world leader and to simply avoid a disastrous meeting”, said Kurlantzick.

“He probably hopes for some kind of situation in which no one walks out of the meeting, he avoids a complete disaster, and he helps keep dialogue going between all the various actors, perhaps with one goal being to get Russia to begin exporting grain again to many countries, maybe they can achieve some other minor goal as well,” Kurlantzick added."

Reuters and Associated Press contributed to this report

How Putin will participate in G20 summit will depend on state of global affairs — MFA

It is stated that the G20 was created to counter the global financial and economic crises, promote the inclusive achievement of sustainable development and economic growth

MOSCOW, July 6. /TASS/. Exactly how Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the G20 summit in November will depend on the situation in the world and the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Southeast Asia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

"Regarding the November G20 summit, an official invitation from Indonesian President Joko Widodo addressed to the Russian leader has been received. Jakarta was tentatively informed of President Vladimir Putin's intention to take part. The format of participation is subject to clarification depending on the development of the situation in the world and taking into account the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Southeast Asia," the ministry said in a statement.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will lead a Russian delegation at a face-to-face foreign ministers meeting of the G20 on the Indonesian island of Bali on July 7-8.

"Russia regards the G20 as the leading forum for international economic cooperation and as an effective mechanism for multilateral governance, on the basis of which well-considered decisions should be made in the interests of the whole world," the statement said.

The ministry said the G20 was created to counter the global financial and economic crises, promote the inclusive achievement of sustainable development and economic growth, and in response to the growing role of large emerging markets in the world economy."

According to the statement, Moscow highly appreciates the activities of the current Indonesian chairmanship, impartiality in leadership, and a focus on practical results.

"We share the relevance of the priority issues declared by Jakarta: healthcare, energy security and digitalization. We are ready to make a significant contribution to making progress in all these areas by the time of the Bali summit on November 15-16 of this year. Indonesia's course towards multilateralism, consideration of the interests of all participants in the group sets the right vector of work," the ministry said."

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