According to the British Financial Times, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit meetings in Bali this year, raising the prospect of holding a summit meeting with US President Joe Biden at the same time. Tensions between the world’s major military powers have risen over Taiwan and Ukraine.
Widodo confirmed, in an interview with a global media outlet, that the Chinese and Russian leaders told him of their intention to attend the conference and hold a series of potentially difficult meetings at a time when governments clash over Russian military operations in Ukraine.
The newspaper also highlighted that relations between Beijing and Washington have witnessed increasing tensions in recent weeks, after the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan and the subsequent conduct of unprecedented military exercises by China around the island, which Beijing considers an integral part of its territory, until the tense geopolitical rivalries became A diplomatic challenge for Indonesia itself, which is leading the G-20 this year. The Indonesian leader known as Jokowi added in this regard: The rivalry between major countries is really worrying.
What we want is for this region to be stable and peaceful so that we can build economic growth. I don’t think that Indonesia alone wants that, Asian countries want something Himself . Xi’s presence in Bali marks the Chinese leader’s first overseas trip since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. Since Biden became US president 18 months ago, he and Xi have held five phone conversations. During their last call last month, the Chinese president reiterated a warning to Washington not to play with fire by supporting Taiwan, the newspaper highlighted.
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