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Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Lyudmila Vorobieva said that she was preparing for the arrival of President Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 Summit. The preparations answer the possibility of the presence of Russian President, Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Bali next November.

“Embassy as you know, we started preparations for the visit of the Russian President to Bali. Of course, in the context of the G20 Summit," said Lyudmila to reporters at a press briefing, Wednesday (07/09/2022) in Jakarta.

However, according to Lyudmila, the certainty of President Putin's physical presence will depend on a number of things. One of them is the development of cases of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“President Putin's intention to visit Bali or attend the summit in person has been expressed. But, a lot of things will certainly depend on how the situation with special military operations will be, to develop what will happen with COVID and what the situation will be with security," he explained.

Lyudmila said that apart from fully supporting Indonesia's presidency at the G20, her country was also actively participating in most of the agenda series. He added that two well-known Russian musicians will even appear on the G20 cultural agenda.

“I tell you, for example, that we have two musicians from Russia who will take part in a cultural performance. Later our musicians will perform at the G20 Culture Ministers meeting which will take place on September 12 in Jogjakarta," said the Russian Ambassador.

“We are also preparing for the visit of the speaker of the parliament, Valentina Matvienko. He will also participate in the G20 parliamentary sector meeting in October in Jakarta,” he added.

On that occasion, Lyudmila emphasized that the G20 is a forum related to the global economy, not about politics. "As I have said several times, we strongly support the priorities of the Indonesian presidency and we support Indonesia's position," he concluded.

The G20 is a multilateral cooperation forum consisting of 19 major countries and the European Union (EU). This year, Indonesia was chosen to host the 17th G20 Summit and the Summit will be held on November 15-16, in Nusa Dua, Bali. (RRI)