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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reported by foreign media walk out (WO) or leave the meeting of foreign ministers of a number of countries G20 in Bali. The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Russian Embassy (Embassy) compactly dismissed the news of Foreign Minister Lavrov WO.
Russian Embassy spokesman Dennis Tetyusin categorically denied the news walk out Segrei Lavrov from the forum. “Not true,” said Dennis to detik.com, Saturday (9/7/2022).
Dennis said Lavrov only left the room briefly while the event was running. At that time, Lavrov was known to be holding bilateral meetings with China, India, Brazil and Argentina.
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“Don’t be swayed by western media news. The Minister of Foreign Affairs just left the event room for a while because there were several bilateral meetings,” said Dennis.
Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Teuku Faizasyah, admitted that he was surprised at the news of Lavrov’s walk out from the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers. In line with Dennis, Faizasyah said that Lavrov had left the room because there was a bilateral meeting.
“Kok walk out yes? As far as I know the Russian Foreign Minister there were several bilaterals on the sidelines of the meeting (the same with other countries, including Indonesia). In the afternoon, after lunch, he left Indonesia,” said Faizasyah.
Faizasyah also confirmed the news about Lavrov not attending the dinner with the G20 foreign ministers after the meeting. He said there would be no dinner after the event.
“There was no dinner after the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Retno Marsudi) had dinner with several Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials,” he said.
Lavrov Reportedly Walked Out at G20 Bali
Reported from Reuters, Saturday (9/7), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reportedly took action walk out from the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Bali. Lavrov left the room during a meeting held on Friday (8/7) yesterday.
During the meeting, the G20 foreign ministers called for an end to the Russian invasion and the blockade of grain in Ukraine. The forum is the first face-to-face meeting between Russia and Western countries to criticize Russia’s war in Ukraine fiercely.
The spotlight was on Lavrov, whose arrival at the meeting was met with shouts of “When are you going to stop the war” and “Why don’t you stop the war” as he was greeted by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.
Lavrov appeared in front of reporters after the first session in which he was heavily criticized by Western foreign ministers, who he called “deviated” from the topic of discussion “to the frenzied criticism of the Russian Federation”.
“Aggressors, invaders, occupations — we hear a lot of things like that today,” Lavrov told reporters.
“If the West doesn’t want talks but wants Ukraine to beat Russia on the battlefield, then maybe there’s nothing to talk about with the West,” Lavrov said.
In the next session, Lavrov read a statement and then left the room, without listening to the statements of the others. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, described the move as “disrespectful”.
Not only that, it was also reported that Lavrov did not attend the dinner with the G20 Foreign Ministers after the meeting.
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