Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, virtually addressed the G20 meeting in Indonesia. He called for a resolute global response to Russian aggression. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia was not present during his speech.

Kuleba emphasized that despite Russia's aggressive war, the aggressor state was still invited to the meeting in Indonesia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has published his speech.

"We have such a country, Russia, present at this table today. To be honest, I think that after everything Russia has done in the past half a year, it has no place at any international fora. A country engaged in a war of aggression against its neighbor and mass atrocity crimes against civilians should be offered only one seat: a seat at the trial of international justice," said Kuleba.

Although the minister emphasized Russia's presence at the G20 meeting, Lavrov was absent at the meeting where Dmytro Kuleba spoke. The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier that Lavrov would hold bilateral talks but would not participate in the official meal and working session on Friday afternoon.

Prior to this meeting, representatives of the G7 countries had refused to take a joint photo and dine with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

In his speech, Kuleba called on for a resolute global response to Russian aggression, which threatens the world with food and energy crises.

"Russian imperialism and aggression undermine the entire architecture of global security, economic stability, and trade; they are triggering one of the most severe food and energy crises in recent history," Kuleba stated.

He called for the rejection of Russian lies and attempts to shift the blame for the food crisis to Ukraine, as well as the lie that international sanctions allegedly caused the food crisis.

"I call on you to take urgent and necessary steps to make Russia abide by international law and respect basic global principles and norms.

We have no right to allow Russia to further blackmail the world through high energy prices, hunger, and security threats," he concluded.