Putin's visit to G20 summit will be decided on many factors including security: Kremlin

As ruthless war between Russia and Ukraine continues unabated,  Kremlin stated that  participation of Russian President Vlimir Putin in G20 summit would be determined after deciding "all factors," which would also include security, Tass reported. Notably, Bali Summit is scheduled to take place in Indonesia in November.  

Earlier in July, Russian Foreign Ministry cast doubt on confirmation of President's potential visit after informing Indonesia of ir leer Putin's plan to attend Group of 20 (G20) meeting. invitation was me to both Russian President Vlimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who will be hosting event. ditionally, he stated that Russian President h verbally agreed to attend meeting during a phone call. 

Furrmore, as per media reports, format in which Putin will attend summit would depend on geopolitical situation, Kremlin stated. However, it has been announced that Sergey Lavrov, foreign minister of Russia, will he a team at G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, which will take place in Bali, Indonesia. Putin's attendance at meeting is "envisaged," according to Yury Ushakov, an aide to Russian president who spoke to Interfax. This participation might be in person or over a video link. 

European Commission President registered objection regarding Putin's invitation

President of European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen h told ZDF during an interview that Bali h to think "very carefully wher we paralyze entire G20; I don’t vocate that. In my opinion, G20 is too important, also for developing countries, emerging countries, that we should let this body be broken by Putin.” Zelenskyy was also invited by Indonesia in an effort to start negotiations, despite fact that Ukraine is not a G20 member. 

In meantime, United Kingdom said that Russia h no "moral right" to attend G20 conference, according to a British Foreign Ministry official quoted by Kyiv Independent. Rishi Sunak, a member of UK parliament, has also asked G20 to exclude Vlimir Putin from attending meetings until Russia finishes its aggression in Ukraine. 

A representative for Sunak stated that UK’s G20 partners and allies have a collective responsibility to denounce Putin's abhorrent behaviour. A representative for Sunak stated that it is everyone's duty to denounce Putin's abhorrent behaviour in G20. According to spokesman, "Sitting round a table with him isn’t good enough when he is responsible for children being killed in ir beds as y sleep,” Kyiv Independent reported.  spokesperson continued by saying that y needed to make it clear to Putin that he couldn't sit down with m until he put a stop to unlawful fighting in Ukraine. 

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