G20 = The summit meeting of 20 major countries will open in Indonesia on the 15th, and opinions will be exchanged on the agenda such as responding to soaring energy and food prices against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine.


In the G20, the U.S. and European countries and Russia are in a fierce confrontation over the invasion of Ukraine, and attention is focused on whether the countries can find some common ground.

G20 = The summit meeting of 20 major countries will be held in Bali, Indonesia on a schedule of 15 to 2 days.



The G20 summit will be held for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and will be attended by President Biden of the United States, President Xi Jinping of China, and Foreign Minister Lavrov from Russia instead of President Putin.



On the 15th, the first day, the agenda will be to deal with soaring global energy and food prices against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine.



At ministerial meetings so far, the discussions have not progressed, with Western countries blaming each other for inflation and other issues, and Russia, who blames economic sanctions, on each other.



In the midst of this, there is a risk that the divisions of the world will become even more apparent at the summit meeting, and attention is being paid to whether the leaders will be able to find some common ground.

What is G20

The G20 is a framework for discussing global economic issues and for countries to cooperate for growth.



Members include not only developed countries such as Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom, but also emerging countries such as China, India, Russia, and Indonesia.



The total GDP of its members accounts for about 80% of the world, and it has a great influence on the trend of the world economy.



It began in 1999 as a forum for the finance ministers and central bank governors of 20 countries and regions to discuss issues of the global economy and international finance, and since 2008, when the so-called Lehman shock occurred, it has also been held by leaders. became.



All 16 Summits held from 2008 to 2008 have adopted a Summit Declaration based on the consensus of the members.

Different countries have different responses to sanctions against Russia

Among the members of the G20 = 20 major countries, the responses differ greatly over sanctions against Russia, which continues to invade Ukraine.



The G20 has 19 countries in total, including the G7 (7 major countries such as Japan and the United States) and emerging countries such as China, Russia, and India, and the EU (European Union).



Of these, a total of nine countries, including Western countries, Japan, and South Korea, and the EU have imposed sanctions against Russia, including bans on imports and exports and freezes on the assets of Russian government officials since the invasion of Ukraine.



China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, the current G20 presidency, and Turkey, which acts as an intermediary between Ukraine and Russia, have not imposed sanctions.



While the responses to Russia differed greatly, discussions did not progress at multiple ministerial meetings held prior to the summit meeting, and a joint statement could not be adopted.

Customary group photo shoot "unscheduled"

A government official in Indonesia, which holds the G20 presidency this time, revealed that the customary group photo shoot at the opening of the G20 summit was "not planned."



It is unusual not to take a group photo at the face-to-face G20 summit meeting, and it seems to be in consideration of the deepening conflict between Western countries and Russia over the situation in Ukraine.



The group photo shoot was canceled just before the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in July this year at the instruction of Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno, and it was taken into consideration for the Western countries that showed reluctance to attend the Russian Foreign Minister. It is considered.