European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen mentioned the potential presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin at November’s G20 summit in Indonesia shouldn’t be a motive for Western leaders to dam the assembly.
“We’ve to contemplate very rigorously whether or not we paralyze your complete G20; I don’t advocate that,” von der Leyen advised German broadcaster ZDF on Sunday night, in the course of the G7 summit within the German Alps. “For my part, G20 is simply too essential, additionally for the growing international locations, the rising international locations, that we must always let this physique be damaged by Putin.”
“I feel it’s higher — if he does come — to inform him to his face what we predict. After which he must also take a stand,” she added.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo invited Putin to the G20 summit, regardless of calls by Western international locations to exclude him due to Russia’s ongoing warfare on Ukraine. Widodo has tried to achieve a compromise by additionally inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, regardless of Ukraine not being a G20 nation.
There may be at the moment no consensus amongst Western leaders on whether or not to boycott the G20 over Russian involvement. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz mentioned Monday he’s nonetheless deciding whether or not to go to the summit if the Russian chief additionally attends.
“Ultimately, we must make the choice shortly earlier than the departure, as a result of the course of the world can nonetheless change very significantly till then,” Scholz advised ZDF.
“The G20 performs a serious function and we wish to work intently with them,” he continued, including: “That’s the reason we share the conviction — which Ms. von der Leyen additionally expressed — that we don’t wish to torpedo the G20.”
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