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Kompas.com reportedon Thursday,27October2022that RussianPresidentVladimirPutin hasreiteratedthathe“may” attendthe G20SummitinBali in mid-November2022.
Atapressconferencein Moscow,Putinsaid,“Russiawill berepresentedatthis internationalsummit;thatisvery clear.” TheG20Summit, which willseemostoftheworld’s leadersinattendance,willbethe 17thgatheringofthegrouping andwillbeheldinBalifrom 15-16November2022.
Inthesamepressconference, PresidentPutinunderlined earlierclaimsthatRussian companieswilleasilyandreadily takecontrolofRussianand Europeancompanieswhohave abandonedtheirenterprisesin RussiaduringPutin’sselflabeled “specialmilitary operation” inUkraine.
Atthesametime,Putinrepeated hisreadinessto“consider”a sidelinemeetingattheG20with USPresidentJoeBiden.
Separately,duringaTV interview,RussianForeign MinisterSergeyLavrov commentedthatRussiaisready toconsiderameetingwith PresidentJosephBidenifinvited bytheUSAtomeet.Adding:“We haverepeatedlysaidthatwe haveneverrefusedtohavesuch ameeting.Ifaninvitationis made,wewillconsiderit.”
LavrovsaidthatUSPresident JosephBidenhasremainednoncommittalonconductinga meetingwithPresidentPutin, onlysayingthat“we’llsee.”He suggestedjournalistsweretrying tospinBiden’sresponseasa positivedispositiontomeetbut hadnoimpacton“realpolitics.”
Puttingthemeetingbetween
PutinandBideninBaliinfurther doubt,thespokespersonfor the USNationalSecurity Council onThursday,27 October,saidPresidentBiden currentlyhasnodesiretosit togetherwithRussianPresident VladimirPutin.
Wehaveacautionarytalefor anyonewishingtotravelto Australiacourtesyofan Indonesianmanwhoappeared tobeoblivioustohowseriously thefolksDownUnderenforce biosecuritymeasuresattheir borders.
AsreportedbyPerthNow,an Indonesianmanwasfined AUD2,664(US$1,704)andhad hisvisarevokedforfailingto declarethathebrought1.4 kilogramsofrendang(beef slow-cookedincoconutmilk andspices)intothecountry.
Inaddition,thetraveleralso broughtinhisluggage3.1 kilogramsofduckmeat,500 gramsoffrozenbeef,and900 gramsofchicken.
Hehadticked“no”inhispre-
arrivalpassengercardwhenhe wasaskedifhewasbringing meatorpoultryintoAustralia. Hereportedlysoughtto distributetherendangtoa communityofIndonesiansin Australia.
OnemayrecallthatAustralia consideredsuspendingtravelto andfromIndonesiaearlierthis yearamidafoot-and-mouth disease(FMD)outbreakinthe Asiancountry.OfficialsDown Underfearedthediseasemay bringhugeeconomiclossesto Australia’sagriculturalsector.
Atonepoint,authoritiesin Australiatoldtravelersto leave theirshoesbehind inBalias theymayhavebeenincontact withsoilcontaminatedwiththe FMDvirus.
Fairdinkum,then,wetotallyget thehugefineanddeportation fornotdeclaringrendangand uncookedmeatintoAustralia.In addition,thetravelermayface anexclusionaryperiodofthree years,duringwhichhemaynot applyforanAustralianvisa.
(Coconuts.co)
