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Food, Energy Issues Set to Dominate G-20 Meeting of Top Diplomats Amid Ukraine War

By William Mauldin

06 Jul 2022 · 3 min read

WSJ speculates how the G20 meeting, scheduled in Bali on Friday, will pan out with no unanimity when it comes to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Higher prices for food and energy are expected to dominate a divisive meeting of top diplomats from the world’s leading economies, with U.S. officials looking to put pressure on Russia to allow a freer flow of grain from war-torn Ukraine via the Black Sea.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet with counterparts from the Group of 20 nations Friday on the Indonesian island of Bali—while avoiding Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. officials said.

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