The U.S. and its allies are pressing Indonesia, the host of the G20 summit in November, to invite Ukraine as a guest of the event.
That was reported by Bloomberg.
Washington is also disappointed by Jakarta's refusal to withdraw russian president Vladimir Putin's invitation.
According to Bloomberg, the U.S. and some other G7 members are asking Indonesia, which has said it wants to “remain impartial”, to invite President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to participate in at least part of the meeting. Usually, the host country invites some countries to join some summit events as observers, although they are not allowed to participate in the official discussions.
Zelenskyy's participation would be a “logistical and diplomatic nightmare” if Putin decided to personally attend the summit on the tropical island of Bali, the agency notes. It is also not clear whether inviting Ukraine will be enough to guarantee the appearance of other leaders, in particular, the President of the U.S. Joe Biden, who will probably refuse to sit at the same table with Putin.
The U.S. and its allies are demanding russia's exclusion from the G20, while other countries, in particular China, oppose such a move.
On April 21, many finance ministers and central bank governors left the G20 meeting during a speech by the Minister of Finance of russia Anton Siluanov.
Among those who also left the meeting were United States secretary of the treasury Janet Yellen, Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell, President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, as well as the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko, who was invited to participate the meeting.