Calls mount for Indonesia to invite Ukraine to G-20 Summit in Bali

Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi speaks to her Canadian counterpart, Mélanie Joly, during the latter's visit to the Foreign Ministry in Central Jakarta, on April 12, 2022.- Courtesy of Foreign Ministry

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The Russian-Ukranian war has become increasingly difficult for Indonesia's G20 presidency to ignore as the country faces renewed calls to invite Ukraine to the 2022 Group of 20 Bali Summit in November, if it was insisting on Russia’s attendance.

The topic was broached during Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly’s visit to Jakarta on Monday (April 11), when she said she would “not be sitting with [Sergey] Lavrov at the same table” at the G20 summit, referring to the Russian foreign minister, in an echo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s sentiment as expressed on March 31.