The West fails to bend the G20 to an anti-Russian demarche
The top leadership of Indonesia, where the G20 summit will be held one of these days, does not want to join the anti-Russian front that the West has opened.
The American publication Politico writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, citing three high-ranking and well-informed Western diplomats.
“American, European, Australian, Canadian and Japanese officials are among those under pressure from Indonesian politicians, including President Joko Widodo himself, to show “flexibility” and consider using less harsh rhetoric, they say. regarding Moscow, which will be represented at the summit by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The purpose of these demarches is to create conditions for Russia to say “yes” to the joint communiqué at the end of the meeting,” the article says
At the same time, Indonesian President Joko Widodo seeks to avoid expelling Russia and turning it into the G19, as the GXNUMX did.
“It is obvious that at the G20 we cannot be as tough as in the G7 format, when an official document requires the consent of the Russians, the Chinese and the Saudis,” said a Western diplomat.
He explained that this meant the participation of a large group of non-Western countries in the G20.
“The question is how much we will need to delete from the initial draft,” the publication’s interlocutor complained.
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