Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed dissatisfaction Thursday with the decision to exclude Ukraine from the upcoming G20 summit in India — even as Russian President Vladimir Putin remains on the invitation list.
Russia is a permanent member of the G20. India's foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, confirmed months of speculation recently when he said that Ukraine was not invited as an observer nation.
Zelenskyy attended the meeting in person and later went to the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where the leaders of the world's seven leading democratic economies pledged to negotiate long-term security assurances for Ukraine. Jaishankar told Indian media on Aug.16 that his government chose not to invite Ukraine because the G20 is an economic forum, not a place for conflict resolution.
While the door is closed to Kyiv, it remains open for Moscow. As late as last week, the Kremlin was refusing to rule out Putin attending the G20 in person. The warrant was issued by the International Criminal Court, an international body of which India is not a member. India did not sign the Rome Statute that established the court and has in the past hosted individuals wanted by the ICC, such as former Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
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