Can Russia be barred from the G20 summit? | Inside Story

The G20 is a major international platform made up of 19 large economies from the developed and developing world and the European Union. The bloc's members represent 85 percent of global output, 75 percent of international trade and two-thirds of the world’s population.

China says the G20 is a forum to discuss economic issues, rejecting suggestions Russia could be barred because of its invasion of Ukraine.

Can Washington and its western allies block President Vladimir Putin from attending the summit later this year in Indonesia?

Who controls the G20 and what lies ahead for the bloc?


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[Hiromae]

If we go by the logic of the lady in Chicago, The US should never attend this type of events!

[AldoJR-nbuc]

Indonesia is a neutral country and host for G20 summit in 2022. Indonesia will invite all G20 members

[cheesid]

I think G20 is economic forum, not political agenda

[madaidne]

thank god, the summit will be held in neutral country (Indonesia)...and i don't think that any members can dictate Indonesia...

[harianjaify]

Indonesian here. I condemn the invasion, so does my country. I sent critics to the Russian embassy's Twitter account about this war. But G20 is an economic group. Russia is a member of the G20. Every member should be invited. And why do other countries think they can dictate what to do to us?

[jqli]

The U.S(Universal Slaughter) should had been expelled from G20, as the crimality this nation committed against musilim masacre in Syria, Afghan, Yemen...

[ladactylo]

as far as I can see in Indonesia, the people are welcoming russia for the summit. They are tired and sick of western hypocrisy. Beside this is an economic forum, and it shall stay out of politics.

[Dhe_zkii]

Western countries have no right to prohibit Mr Putin from coming to Indonesia G20, while we Indonesian people are wide open for Mr Putin to come to Indonesia,

[SpicaRigel]

Indonesian President has formally invited Putin and he has accepted it.
If the West has a problem with it then it's up to the West either to attend or not.
Respect Indonesia's decision as the chair of G20.

[Truthorfib]

It's incredibly hypocritical for a country that invaded multiple weaker nations are criticizing another nation for doing the same thing they did and pretend like they're the good guys. Do you even know how many millions of civilians and children were killed by the US and its allies in Arab and Asian (Vietnam) countries? Nobody told them to get out of the G8 despite all those civilian deaths.

[TheMap]

As an Indonesian, I vehemently opposed to this notion. G20 is an economic forum and shouldn't be use for political purposes. Nobody ejected US, UK, and Australia during Iraqi War, right?

[jamesminor]

The United States got to attend g20 many times while we were invading Iraq & Afghanistan !

[convergencev]

Western diplomats truely speak from double standards.

[sohaibshehzad]

Were US & UK expelled for invading Iraq ? Were they sanctioned ?

[maximilan]

We Indonesian will welcome Mr. Putin and try the best as a host of G20.. All nations should attend and sit together finding the peace solution.

[sarahdang]

Russia violates the rules? What rules? Who set the rules? It should be up to Putin if he wants to attend as a member of the G20; not just because some members who decide which members should attend!

[aourcewell]

If a principle to expel or uninvite a country from any socio-economic grouping for attacking another country is applied consistently, perhaps it is fine. Unfortunately, US and UK never seem to be booted in the past!

[Asherons]

Rules are rules. Cannot expell a member. Once people start breaking rules, people start breaking rules. It's wrong what's happening to Russia. The USA invaded 3 countries which 2 had nothing to do with the war. They had full support. It's pretty disgusting this club half the world has that's invite only.

[singaanom]

The G20 is an economic forum not a political forum. If you put politics in the G20 forums, there are a lot of questions put to US & NATO & EU what they have done to other countries which they have to answer it.

[wahyu]

Mr Putin and Rusian people are welcome here in Indonesia.we don't care if another G20 members wouldn't come to the summit.it's not going to suffer Indonesian people at all.