G-20 Statement in Doubt as US, Russia Fail to Agree at Asean
- Lavrov says US insisting on ‘absolutely unacceptable language’
- US allies want to mention Russia’s ‘brutal attack:’ Yellen
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Russia and the US failed to agree on language for a joint statement following a multilateral summit in Cambodia, making it unlikely the Group of 20 nations will reach a consensus in Indonesia either this week.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov put the blame on the US and its allies for the lack of communique at the 18-nation East Asian Summit, saying on Sunday they “insisted on absolutely unacceptable language regarding the situation in Ukraine.” Russia refuses to describe its invasion of Ukraine as a war, instead calling it a “special military operation.”