Jakarta –
The Prime Minister (PM) of Canada Justin Trudeau firmly said he didn’t want to see the Russian President Vladimir Putin at this year’s G20 meeting. Trudeau mentions the invasion Russia to Ukraine as the reason.
Reported from the news agency AFPFriday (1/4/2022), Trudeau said he had conveyed his view to Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), who is hosting the G20 summit in November, that Putin’s presence would be “very difficult for us and unproductive for the G20. “
“This is going to be a big problem for a lot of countries, including Canada,” he told reporters in Ottawa, Canada.
Trudeau stated that the G20 summit was about “how we manage and drive economic growth around the world.”
“Russia with its illegal invasion of Ukraine has turned economic growth upside down for everyone around the world and is unlikely to be a constructive partner in how we manage the crisis created by the illegal invasion. Russia to Ukraine,” the Canadian leader said.
“The bottom line is that it’s impossible for business as usual to have Vladimir Putin sat around the table pretending that everything was fine, because it wasn’t, and it was her fault.” Trudeau.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden said he supported expelling Russia from the main G20 economic group. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Putin should be barred from attending the group’s summit in Bali in November.
However, Brazil and China opposed Russia’s expulsion, while Indonesia said it would remain “impartial”.
Last week, Moscow’s envoy to Jakarta said Putin planned to attend the meeting.
(ita / ita)
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