US President Joe Biden and his advisers are still in conversations about how to approach November's Group of 20 summit, whose hosts received confirmation that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend.
Biden has said Russia should be ejected from the G20. Senior members of his administration have walked out of G20 events where Russian delegates are present. And there were discussions with Indonesia, which is hosting the summit, about stepping up its condemnation of Russia.But no decision on boycotting the leaders' summit, still six months away, has been made.
Widodo spoke with Putin and Zelensky in separate phone calls this week, during which he conveyed to the Russian president the importance of ending the war in Ukraine"immediately" and Indonesia's desire to contribute to a peaceful resolution to the conflict, according to the statement.
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