Indonesia will not exclude Russia from G20: Media

Indonesia, which holds the rotating Group of 20 (G20) presidency, said it will not close the grouping to Russia, amid pressure from some member countries to exclude Moscow, a report of The Straits Times said.  

Indonesia's G20 co-sherpa Dian Triansyah Djani said on Thursday Jakarta will chair the grouping this year "in line with the previous presidency", according to the report.

"Every organisation has its own rules of procedures, precedents and manners to discuss issues," he told a virtual press briefing.

"Our position is quite clear... we will conduct our presidency based on what had been done in the previous presidency. And, of course, once again, we have always based our diplomacy on principles."

On why Indonesia invited Russia to the summit in November, Mr Dian said: "It is the duty of all G20 presidents to invite all of its members. … We will continue to carry out our task like former presidencies."

He added: "I'm not going to predict what's going to happen in the future. But one thing for sure is that we will remain as an impartial (G20) president and we will try to find solutions to any issues that may arise."