President Joe Biden will travel to New Delhi, India to meet with the world's largest economies at the Group of 20 summit.
This will be the first G20 summit a Chinese president has missed since its inaugural event in 2008; he attended virtually during the coronavirus pandemic. The conference has long been touted as a possible meeting point for Biden and Xi, who last met at Indonesia's G20 summit in November. Biden said Sunday he was "disappointed" in Xi's decision, but added he would "get to see him" without elaborating.
China has not stated why Xi will not attend, but host country India and China have deep tension stemming back to an incident in 2020 on their Himalayan border that resulted in 24 deaths. Putin has not left Russia since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in March for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Even without Russia's leader at the summit, the country's invasion of Ukraine will likely remain at the forefront of discussions.
Like last year, Russia's war in Ukraine is likely to cause disagreement among members and complicate the signing of a joint statement, especially with Xi skipping. The group was only able to reach a consensus on a joint communique in Indonesia condemning the war with careful wording. Not doing so would mark the first time the group has not released a joint statement.
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