G20 Indonesian Summit Venue
It was not until a few days before the G20 (G20) Indonesian Bali Summit was about to open that the Russian authorities confirmed through the official channel of the Russian ambassador to Indonesia that Putin will not attend the G20 summit on site.
As for whether they will attend the meeting by video link, the Russian official news is: it is possible to participate in one of the activities, but it has not been confirmed.
The 17th Summit of Leaders of the G20 will be held in Bali, Indonesia from November 15 to 16. The summit is themed "Common Recovery, Strong Recovery", with global health infrastructure, digital transformation and sustainable energy transformation as three priorities.
G20 summit will be held in Bali, Indonesia from November 15 to 16. Before the G20 summit, there will be the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt, the East Asia summit in Cambodia, and the informal meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Thailand after the Indonesian G20 summit.
It is reported that US President Biden will attend the first three meetings.
On November 11, Biden said in his speech in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt that the fluctuations in energy markets and inflationary pressures caused by the Kremlin invasion of Ukraine highlight the need for countries to get rid of fossil fuels. He said no country can use energy as a weapon and take the global economy hostage.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, US President Biden met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 12th
On November 12, in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, Biden presided over the United States-ASEAN summit, announcing the enhancement of the relationship between the United States and ASEAN as a "comprehensive strategic partnership" and will provide 850 million US dollars in aid to Southeast Asia in 2023.
But neither the United Nations Climate Summit was present in Egypt or the East Asia Summit, Russian President Putin was not present, and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov became his plenipotentiary.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zakharova released a photo of Lavrov's speech at the East Asia Summit on the 13th, and was in the same frame with Biden
According to current information, Putin will not attend the Asia-Pacific Leaders' Summit held in Thailand.
In other words, Putin will actually miss four important international summits in a row, which are the most important international political dramas before the end of this year.
Why did Putin decide not to attend these summits?
has no standard answer.
Hao Ge believes that the reasons may be as follows:
First, leaders of major countries in the world avoid holding bilateral talks with Putin.
Leaders' activities on the international stage, in addition to the conference, are more important than the interactions between various small meetings (bilateral and one-on-one) and leaders inside and outside the venue. If there are no such important small meetings, just attending one or two conferences, most of the time they spend sitting and listening to others' speeches. This is not only too boring and boring, but more importantly, it is actually neglected.
2 is that since the Russian-Ukrainian war continues, Russia and Putin are likely to be the targets of blame.
Just like at the UN Climate Summit, US President Biden directly bombarded Putin.
, especially the G20 summit and the subsequent Asia-Pacific Leaders' Summit - these two summits are mainly dominated by Western powers, and these countries must criticize Russia and Putin openly and secretly.
Third, Russia's unfavorable performance on the battlefield of Russia-Ukraine may make neighboring countries and countries friendly to Russia pay attention to keeping a distance.
Since September, the Russian army has successively announced the withdrawal of Kharkov, the second largest city in Ukraine, and the loss of the important city of Lymann in eastern Ukraine. The Crimea Bridge was attacked and forced to abandon Kherson, the southern Ukrainian city, etc., showing a situation of stagnation of offensives, collapse of defense lines, and retreating step by step.
It can be believed that since the results and direction of the Russian-Ukraine war have shown increasing uncertainty, even friendly countries to Russia have to keep a certain distance from Russia in the face of major interests.
may be based on the above considerations that Putin decided not to attend four consecutive international summits held recently to avoid embarrassment and to avoid embarrassing his friends.
Finally, to be honest, what Putin needs most now is to stay at home and his position, concentrate on dealing with domestic problems and responding to the war process. Don't worry if you make a name for yourself on the international stage.
Ijium, Ukraine, Ukrainian soldiers stand on a tank discarded by the Russian army
