Retno Marsudi, the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, which is hosting the summit, called at the start of the meeting for an end to the war in Ukraine.
"We have a responsibility to end the war as soon as possible and settle our differences at the negotiating table, not on the battlefield," the Indonesian Foreign Minister said."
Ms. Retno added that multilateral cooperation is the only way to address global challenges and expressed hope that the meeting of the diplomacy chiefs of the Group of Twenty most developed countries of the world would offer a way to address the impact of the conflict.
The Russian military invasion of Ukraine and its consequences around the world, in the economic and geopolitical fields, will be the focus of the talks, but finding consensus is reportedly difficult and exchanges are reportedly tense, especially those between the West and Moscow.
China - Russia
On the sidelines of the Bali summit, the Chinese Foreign Minister met with his Russian counterpart yesterday Thursday. According to a statement from Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China and Russia are maintaining their exchanges at the normal level and promoting cooperation in various fields, setting aside any "interference" and demonstrating the "strong resilience" and "strategic determination" of their relations.
China will stand for any efforts that can lead to the peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ukraine, Wang told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during their meeting, the Chinese Foreign Ministry press release added.
Source: CNA
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