Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Western countries are reportedly preparing to stage action walk-out coordinated in the G20 finance ministers meeting, Wednesday (20/4/2022). This was a form of protest over the Russian attack on Ukraine, which had occurred since February 24.
Other diplomatic “insults” will also be made. This was stated by a western official source who attended the agenda, as quoted Reuters.
It was reported that US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen would not attend the G20 session attended by Russian officials. The British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak will also do the same.
A French official source said officials from the G-7 countries would leave their seats when Russia spoke. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov himself has been confirmed to attend.
“During and after the meeting we will definitely send a strong message and we will not be alone in doing so,” a German government source said.
The G20 consists of the United States (US), South Africa (South Africa), Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, India, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, France, China, Turkey, Union Europe and including Indonesia. This year, RI became the leader and was given the title of G20 presidency.
The ripples of a boycott of the agenda were already heard when the Russian Ambassador in Jakarta said that President Vladimir Putin would come directly to Bali for the summit summit in October. Western countries opposed it and even called for Russia to be removed from the group.
However, there are also some who support the existence of Russia. Call it China and Brazil.
“The G20 risks splitting and this week is very important,” said Josh Lipsky, director of the Atlantic Council’s Center for Geoeconomics and former adviser to the IMF.
However, he asked the West to be careful. The reason is the weakening of the influence of the G-7 can make China dominant.
“Russia can ally with China. I think that’s a good result from a Russian perspective and actually gives them more leverage than they have in a body like the G20,” he said.
Previously an IMF official also said the same thing. However, he specified it to the risks of a fragmented global economy.
“The scenario is where we have divided the bloc, to not trade with each other much, because it has different standards. That would be disastrous for the global economy,” IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told reporters.
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