At the G20 = 20 major foreign ministers' meeting that ended on the 8th, it became clear that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had left the country in the middle of the discussion, and the conflict between Western countries and Russia over the situation in Ukraine became clearer. became.
As a G20, we couldn't produce any concrete results, and there were still issues to be solved.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia until the 8th.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kreva was also invited to attend online.
In the discussion on the whole on the 8th, the food crisis and soaring energy prices against the background of the situation in Ukraine were discussed, and Japan and other Western countries condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine one after another.
On the other hand, according to Japanese Foreign Ministry officials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov left the room halfway after finishing his remarks in the first discussion, after which his deputy attended.
"The Western countries did not try to fulfill the G20 mission. They just accused Russia of being an'invader'," Lavrov said in a reporter's interview, criticizing the Western countries. Through the meeting, the conflict between Western countries and Russia became even clearer.
Indonesia, the presidency, emphasized its desire to continue to make the G20 a place to resolve conflicts, but it did not produce concrete results as the G20, leaving issues to be addressed.