Indonesia invites Putin to G20 summit, embarrassment in Washington

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow (Illustrative image).

AP - Alexei Nikolsky

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Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the West has sought to isolate Russia on the international scene.

But the emerging countries want to maintain a position of neutrality vis-à-vis Moscow.

And now the Indonesian President invites Vladimir Putin to participate in the G20 summit to be held in November on the island of Bali.

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 has happened," said the US State Department on Friday.

No answer, however, to the question of a journalist to find out whether or not Joe Biden would refuse to go to the G20 summit.

The situation of the American administration is indeed not easy: after having called Vladimir Putin a war criminal and accused Russia of genocide in Ukraine, how can we envisage finding the master of the Kremlin during the meeting of the major economic powers? global?

The White House is realistic: an expulsion of Russia from the G20 is unlikely for lack of consensus.

At a meeting of G20 finance ministers in April, the US delegation and several allies boycotted some meetings to protest Russian participation.

Could the United States then decide to send a lower-ranking delegation to Bali?

An absence of Joe Biden would leave all the room for Russia and China.

The only positive point noted by the American administration: the invitation by Indonesia of Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president.

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