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China Backs Russia Staying in G20


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2022 Mar 23, 10:16am   159 views  1 comment

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hina has dismissed plans to isolate Russia further from the international community by voicing support for Vladimir Putin's attendance at the G20 summit later this year.

The West—chiefly the United States and its allies within the Group of Twenty—is discussing ways to exclude Moscow's representatives from the economic forum as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported this week. However, there is currently no mechanism to do so.

On Wednesday, Beijing dashed any hopes that it would recuse itself from a decision on the summit. "The G20 is the main forum for international economic cooperation. Russia is an important member, and no member has the right to expel another country," its Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a regular press briefing.

Beijing has failed to shake its unenviable image as Russia's key supporter one month into Putin's military campaign to topple Volodymyr Zelensky's government. In recent discussions with counterparts in Indonesia, where this year's G20 gathering is being held in October and November, Chinese officials lobbied the hosts to take the war in Ukraine off the agenda and focus on economic matters instead.

The global economy is still struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is the group's responsibility to ensure that it does, said Wang. "The G20 should practice true multilateralism, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, and jointly respond to mounting challenges including in economy, finance and sustainable development."


https://www.newsweek.com/china-russia-g20-summit-vladimir-putin-ukraine-war-1690908?source=patrick.net

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1   Eric Holder   2022 Mar 23, 3:56pm  

Prediction: brave Putler will attent via Zoom.

Because:

1) COVID!
2) Leaving his bunker means exposur to assosination attempt by Azov battalion in high heels.

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