FOG BLOG WORLD NEWS LOG: THE G2O SUMMIT IN BALI IS UNDERWAY, UKRAINE WAR BIG ON AGENDA!
Wrangling over Ukraine war dominates summit of G20 major economies
Draft declaration: 'Most' G20 members condemn Ukraine war
Ukraine's Zelenskiy pushes his plan to end conflict
Indonesia appeals for end to political polarisation
Inflation, debt, monetary policy also on the agenda
U.S. President Biden skips gala dinner on island of Bali
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A Western-led push to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine dominated Tuesday's Group of 20 (G20) summit on the Indonesian island of Bali where leaders of major economies grappled with a dizzying array of issues from hunger to nuclear threats.
President Vladimir Putin's Feb. 24 invasion of neighbouring Ukraine has pummelled the global economy and revived Cold War-era geopolitical divisions just as the world was emerging from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Russia, whose forces pounded cities and energy facilities across Ukraine even as the G20 met, said "politicization" of the summit was unfair.
"Yes, there is a war going on in Ukraine, a hybrid war that the West has unleashed and been preparing for years," said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, repeating Putin's line that military alliance NATO's expansion had threatened Russia.
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