India's Prime Minister Modi is to host an online meeting of G-20 leaders. Putin will attend, but Biden and Xi Jinping will not.
International press are spinning this situation diversely, with Ukrainian sources referring to Biden and Xi Jinping's "boycott":
The situation is more complex as various powers jockey for position in the shifting world order. Prime Minister Li Keqiang will take Xi's place, representing China, but this may be a tit-for-tat response to Modi's absence from a virtual meeting of developing countries’ leaders attended by Xi Jinping.
The US and India have a common interest in avoiding a strong Russia-China axis.
Sources: Bloomberg, Kyiv News
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