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Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin plan to attend G-20 summit in Indonesia

The presence of Xi and Putin would set up a showdown with US President Joe Biden and other democratic leaders

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping
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File Photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Russian leader Vladimir Putin

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are both planning to attend a Group of 20 summit in the resort island of Bali later this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said.

“Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has also told me he will come,” Jokowi, as the president is known, said in an interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait on Thursday. It was the first time the leader of the world’s fourth-most populous nation confirmed both of them were planning to show up at the November summit.

The presence of Xi and Putin would set up a showdown with