China to boycott G-20 meet in Kashmir, calls it disputed region

Workers from the Jammu and Kashmir Lakes and Waterways Development Authority clean the Dal Lake ahead of the G20 meeting in Srinagar on Saturday, May 19, 2023. - AFP

NEW DELHI/BEIJING. May 20 (Bloomberg): China has said it will not attend next week’s G-20 tourism group meeting scheduled to take place in India’s Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir.

"China firmly opposes holding any form of G20 meetings on disputed territory. We will not attend such meetings,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a press briefing on May 19 in Beijing.