The American delegation at the summit does not plan to communicate with representatives of Russia.
US President Joe Biden does not intend to meet with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, and the Russian delegation at the G20 summit. This was stated by the US President's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, INTERFAX-Ukraine reports.
“The president was not going to contact the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry,” Sullivan said.
And a representative of the US State Department Ned Price said that the American delegation at the summit has no intention of communicating with representatives of the Russian Federation.
“We have no plans for formal contacts,” he said.
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The G20 summit will be held in Bali on November 15-16. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not personally go to theG20 summit.
On the eve of the summit, Western countries and Ukraine put pressure on Indonesia, which is hosting the G20 leaders' meeting, to step up its condemnation of Moscow and withdraw Putin's invitation.
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But Jakarta did not give in to the pressure and tried to remain neutral position She invited the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi to the summit as a guest. Zelensky stated that Ukraine will not participate in the G20 summit if Putin is there. He is expected to join meetings virtually.
