Russian Foreign Minister Leaves Bali Summit Early after Blaming Ukraine

TL;DR

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday denied that his country had refused to hold talks for a peaceful settlement with Ukraine and instead blamed the Kyiv regime for doing so as he cut short his trip to Indonesia’s Bali island for the G20 Summit.The longer it [Ukraine] continues to refuse, the harder it will be to reach an agreement," Lavrov was quoted by TASS News Agency as saying.It’s been almost nine months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or what Moscow called a Special Military Operation began on February 24."Then, it is immediately clarified that this is not really for the aim of him actually behaving constructively, but to overcome objections from that portion of the Western world that is starting to doubt the need for additional weapons supplies," Lavrov said.Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t attend the summit despite multiple requests from President Joko Widodo, which holds the current G20 presidency, either by visiting him in Moscow or by phone calls."

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