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The presidents of Ukraine and Russia met for the first time since the start of the war
Xi likely to meet US president amid tensions over Taiwan
India’s role will be important in G20 summit amid tensions between many countries
Jakarta. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to attend the G-20 summit in Bali later this year. Speaking to Bloomberg News, Widodo said, ‘Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has also told me that he will come. It is for the first time that the Indonesian president has confirmed the participation of Xi and Putin in connection with the G20 summit amid ongoing tensions between the two major countries.
It will be the first time since Ukraine declared war on Russia that Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will hold one-on-one talks with US President Joe Biden and other European leaders. Along with this, relations between China and the US have steadily deteriorated after Nancy Pelosi on Taiwan. Joe Biden will meet the Chinese President. Besides Xi Jinping, Biden will also meet for the first time with South Korean President Yun Suk-yol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Zelensky and Putin will be face to face
This will be the first time since the war that Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky will face each other at the G20 summit. A Kremlin official familiar with developments said Putin was planning to attend the meeting in person. On the news of top leaders attending the conference, Widodo said, “We want this region to be stable, peaceful, so that we can develop economic.” He further said that he feels that not only Indonesia but Asian countries are also interested in this. According to Widodo, the rivalry between the big countries is indeed worrying.
Significantly, this meeting is taking place in the backdrop of the Taiwan crisis arising out of China’s uproar over the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi visited Taipei with a delegation earlier this August, following which China announced military exercises around the Taiwan Strait. Recently, China has also announced restrictions on US House Speakers.
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First Published: August 19, 2022, 09:58 IST
