The White House has told Indonesia that Russia cannot be admitted to this year's summit.
The White House has privately told Indonesia that Russia is not can be admitted to this year's G20 summit, despite the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the invitation. According to CNN.
“The president has publicly expressed his disapproval of President Putin's participation in the G20,” said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
She also stressed that the White House understands that Indonesia invited Putin to take part in the event before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Indonesia also invited Ukraine to attend the summit as a guest, a move that Psaki said the United States welcomed. A White House spokeswoman said it was impossible to predict what would happen.
“Six more months. So we don't know, we can't predict what it will look like at the moment,” she said. publicly and privately expressed their opinion that we do not believe that they (the Russians) should be part of this. “
Psaki added that there are no signs that Russia is ready to participate constructively in diplomatic negotiations. < br />
It will be recalled that Canada's Minister of Finance Christia Freeland also opposed Russia's participation in the G20. She believes that effective work is impossible with Russia's participation.
