Division at G20 over bid to condemn Russia's Ukraine invasion - Reuters

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Disagreement emerged astatine a Group of 20 (G20) acme connected Tuesday arsenic the United States and its allies backed a solution condemning Russia's penetration of Ukraine, which Russia's overseas curate dismissed arsenic unwarranted politicisation.

The acme connected the Indonesian land of Bali is the archetypal G20 leaders' gathering since Russia sent its troops into Ukraine successful February.

The war, which Russia has described arsenic a "special subject operation", has overshadowed the gathering contempt calls from big Indonesia for unity and a absorption connected enactment to resoluteness planetary economical problems similar inflation, and nutrient and vigor security.

"Most members powerfully condemned the warfare successful Ukraine and stressed it is causing immense quality suffering and exacerbating existing fragilities successful the planetary economy," a 16-page draught declaration said, according to a transcript seen by Reuters.

"There were different views and antithetic assessments of the concern and sanctions," said the draft, which diplomats said had yet to beryllium adopted by the leaders.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is heading his country's delegation successful the lack of President Vladimir Putin, denounced the effort to condemn Russia arsenic politicisation by Western countries that had tried unsuccessfully to see it successful the declaration.

Lavrov said Russia had enactment guardant an alternate presumption and the draught would beryllium completed connected Wednesday.

A U.S. authoritative said earlier the United States expected the G20 to condemn Russia's warfare successful Ukraine and its interaction connected the planetary economy.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said determination were encouraging signs of a statement that Russia's warfare against Ukraine was not acceptable.

G20 ministers' gatherings successful the past person failed to nutrient associated declarations owed to disagreement betwixt Russia and different members connected language, including connected however to picture the warfare successful Ukraine.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the acme successful a virtual code that present was the clip to halt Russia's warfare successful his state nether a program helium has projected "justly and connected the ground of the U.N. Charter and planetary law".

He called for restoring "radiation safety" with respect to the Zaporizhzhia atomic powerfulness plant, introducing terms restrictions connected Russian vigor resources, and expanding a atom export initiative.

"Please take your way for enactment - and unneurotic we volition surely instrumentality the bid formula," helium said.

Lavrov, who dismissed a quality bureau study connected Monday that helium had been taken to infirmary successful Bali with a bosom condition, said helium had listened to Zelenskiy's address, adding that the Ukrainian person was dragging retired the struggle and not listening to Western advice.

Russia's penetration of Ukraine triggered calls by immoderate Western leaders for a boycott of the acme and for the withdrawal of Putin's invitation but Indonesia refused to bash so.

Russia said earlier Putin was excessively engaged to be the acme and Lavrov was taking his place.

'SAVE THE WORLD'

The acme opened with a plea by Indonesian President Joko Widodo for unity and factual enactment to mend the planetary system contempt heavy rifts implicit the war.

"We person nary different option, collaboration is needed to prevention the world," helium said. "G20 indispensable beryllium the catalyst for inclusive economical recovery. We should not disagreement the satellite into parts. We indispensable not let the satellite to autumn into different acold war."

The G20, which includes countries ranging from the United States, Russia and Brazil to India, Saudi Arabia and Germany, accounts for much than 80% of the world's gross home product, 75% of planetary commercialized and 60% of its population.

On the eve of the summit, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese person Xi Jinping held bilateral talks gathering successful which they pledged much predominant connection contempt galore differences.

The gathering was the archetypal the 2 had successful idiosyncratic since Biden became president and it appeared to awesome an betterment successful relations aft a downward spiral successful caller months.

Xi and Putin person grown progressively adjacent successful caller years, and reaffirmed their concern conscionable days earlier Russia invaded Ukraine. Nevertheless China has been cautious not to supply immoderate nonstop worldly enactment that could trigger Western sanctions against it.

On Tuesday, Xi told French President Emmanuel Macron during a bilateral gathering that China advocated a ceasefire successful Ukraine and bid talks, Chinese authorities media reported.

Macron said it was important for France and China to cooperate much intimately to flooded the consequences of the warfare successful Ukraine, his bureau said, adding that the 2 leaders had agreed it was urgent to de-escalate the Ukraine struggle and reaffirmed their presumption connected preventing the usage of atomic weapons.

On Monday, Biden and Xi "underscored their absorption to the usage oregon menace of usage of atomic weapons successful Ukraine" during their meeting, the White House said.

Xi told Biden atomic weapons cannot beryllium utilized and atomic wars cannot beryllium fought, the Chinese overseas curate said successful a statement.

The West has accused Russia of making irresponsible statements connected the imaginable usage of atomic weapons since its penetration of Ukraine. Russia has successful crook accused the West of "provocative" atomic rhetoric.

Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy, Stanley Widianto, Nandita Bose, Leika Kihara, David Lawder and Simon Lewis successful Nusa Dua, Andreas Rinke successful Berlin, Lidia Kelly successful Melbourne and Eduardo Baptista successful Beijing; Writing by Ed Davies and Raju Gopalakrishnan; Editing by Robert Birsel and Tom Hogue

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