The Group of 20 includes Western countries that have accused Moscow of war crimes in Ukraine and rolled out sanctions, but also countries like China, Indonesia, India and South Africa that have not followed suit.
Germany holds the presidency of the Group of Seven industrialised nations and would coordinate in Bali over how to respond to Mr Lavrov in light of the war in Ukraine, he said. Mr Blinken will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bali, but no meeting is expected with Mr Lavrov. Trying to leverage Indonesia's neutrality, President Joko Widodo embarked on an ambitious peace-brokering mission last week, visiting Kyiv and Moscow to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Despite early talk of snubbing some G20 meetings, Western leaders ultimately decided that ceding the floor to Russia would be counter-productive, said Max Bergmann, a Russia and Europe expert and a former senior US State Department official. "G20 countries should hold Russia accountable and insist that it support ongoing UN efforts to reopen the sea lanes for grain delivery," he said.
7 countries out of 20 have a problem with Russia being there, all 7 have a long history of invasions and occupations
Exclude Russia.
Putin not going in invade Sweden and Finland .....