Russia cannot be a constructive partner within the G20
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it impossible for it to be a constructive partner in the G20, a group of countries that brings together some of the world’s most important economies.
Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Trudeau said G20 leaders are discussing Russia’s G20 membership because the war in Ukraine has “upended economic growth for everyone around the world, and [Россия] cannot be a constructive partner.”
Any attempt by the United States, Canada and other Western allies of Russia is likely to be met with resistance from the states in the G20, including from China, India, Saudi Arabia and some other countries.
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“It cannot be in the order of things that Vladimir Putin will just sit at the table and pretend that everything is in order,” Trudeau said.
President Joe Biden has previously said she believes she is following the G20 government.
The G20, counted with the G7, which includes the US, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and the UK, is an international international platform for action ranging from conflict with climate change to international debt.