Ukraine war casts long shadow over G-20's economic cooperation

Meeting host Indonesia tries to paper over dysfunction by issuing chair's summary

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Russian President Vladimir Putin; President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo of Indonesia, this year's Group of 20 president; and U.S. President Joe Biden. Divisions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine could doom a joint communique at the G-20 summit in November, observers say. (Source photos by AP and Reuters) 

NANA SHIBATA and KOYA JIBIKI, Nikkei staff writers

JAKARTA -- The finance ministers and central bank governors of 20 major economies in mid-July failed to reach a consensus on Russia's war in Ukraine, auguring poorly for the leaders' summit in November.

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