G20: Key European takeaways from Bali summit so far
The G20 group of the world's biggest economies is meeting in Bali this week, and European countries are represented by France, Germany, Italy, the European Union, the UK, Turkey, and Russia.
So what are some of the key things we've learned so far?
A draft of a declaration by leaders of G20 countries said "most" members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine.
The countries involved stressed it was "causing immense human suffering and exacerbating existing fragilities in the global economy," the draft said, suggesting that Russia had opposed the language.
The G20 members also voiced deep concern over the challenges posed to global food security by escalating tensions and called for the need for central bank independence to ensure they keep up efforts to rein in soaring inflation, the draft showed.
The 16-page document has yet to be adopted by G20 members.
In the first session of the Indonesia-hosted summit held on Tuesday, many countries condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and afterwards, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov left Bali.
Beijing is using the G20 summit to try and mend some diplomatic fences in Bali, even amid concern in the EU about China's economic clout and issues like Chinese ownership of key EU infrastructure.
French President Emmanuel Macron held a bilateral meeting Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Xi also met with new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, signalling that they would seek to move past years of disagreements after the first formal meeting between leaders of the two countries since 2016.
Macron asked Xi to intervene with their Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to convince him to stop the "escalation" in Ukraine
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