Putin unlikely to attend G20 summit in Bali: official

Russia’s Vladimir Putin is unlikely to travel to Bali to attend the G20 summit next week, an aide to the Indonesian president said on Tuesday, potentially resolving a diplomatic dilemma for the summit hosts.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo had invited Putin to the summit scheduled for November 15-16 in Bali, but the Kremlin has so far not confirmed the Russian leader’s plans. “There’s a strong likelihood that President Putin will not come, but it doesn’t mean Russia will not be present. It will be present but it may not be the president,” said Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin.