Published: 09:28, July 7, 2022 | Updated: 12:41, July 7, 2022
Putin intends to attend G20 summit
By Xinhua

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Artyom Zdunov, the head of the Republic of Mordovia, in Moscow on July 5, 2022. (MIKAHAIL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

MOSCOW - Moscow has informed Jakarta of Russian President Vladimir Putin's intention to participate in the summit of the Group of 20 in November, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

The format of Putin's participation will depend on the global situation, taking into account the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Southeast Asia, the ministry said in a statement.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation to the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Thursday and Friday in Indonesia's Bali, it added.  

Lavrov has flown into Bali and planned to meet some G20 counterparts on the sidelines of the summit, Russian news agency TASS reported.

Some officials from Europe and the United States have stressed the Bali summit would not be "business as a usual", with a spokesperson for the German foreign minister saying G7 countries would coordinate their response to Lavrov in Bali, reports Reuters.