There is much speculation as to why the Chinese and Russian presidents will not be attending the upcoming G20 summit. Oscar van Heerden writes the move is strategic on both country's parts.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will not be attending the G20 summit in India.There is much speculation as to why the Chinese and Russian presidents will not be attending the upcoming G20 summit. Even though the upcoming G20 summit will be hosted by India, the leaders of its BRICS partners - China and Russia - won't be attending.
A close second is because of the growing tension between China and India, both in terms of the ongoing border dispute and the tech sanctions imposed on Beijing. And a ridiculous third speculation, which I find absurd in the least, is unlike at the BRICS summit recently, Xi won't be the centre of attraction.
No, it's because of educating the Chinese population to a level not done before, and that's why China is where it is today. The US finds itself in a serious quagmire, because on the one hand, it wants to give the world the impression it can do without the China market, which it can't, and on the other hand, it wants to pretend the collective West can also survive with limited interaction with China, which they also can't.
While India finds itself in a geopolitical situation where it can still foster good relations with the West, I'm sure Modi understands that option is clearly off the table for China and Russia and hence their decision to decline the invitation. "We have heard loud and clear that countries want us to step up our support in the face of the overlapping challenges they face," Sullivan told reporters.
The first was its establishment when the mandate was to give loans to developing nations to become better and developed but alas this did not work as planned.
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