Geopolitical Issues Put G20 To Test
Debates heated up the first session of the summit over geopolitical issues, especially triggered by the war in Ukraine. In the second session the dialogue was more amiably constructive.
President Joko Widodo delivers a speech at the opening of the G20 Indonesia Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Tuesday (11/15/2022).
NUSA DUA, KOMPAS —The Group of 20 Summit on Tuesday (15/11/2022) continued to be dynamic following President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s commencement of the first session, in which he discussed food and energy security and pleaded for the war to stop. In front of the leaders of the G20 member countries and invited countries, Jokowi appealed for the increasing geopolitical polarization to end immediately.
The President, after tapping the gavel to mark the official opening of the gathering, pointed to the world's current situation, which he said was facing multiple crises, from the unfinished Covid-19 pandemic, global animosity, wars, to the food, energy and financial sector strains. He further said the world order “was being tested by the polarization in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war”.