The foreign ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) attended today , July 8, 2022, a joint summit in the Indonesian island of Bali, amid tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the meeting was "intense, but very polite."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in attendance despite objections from Western leaders. However, he left early and walked out of a morning session as German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock criticized Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The Minister reproached Western countries for what he described as a  "frenzied criticism" of Russia.

Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov left the meeting early, while his US counterpart Antony Blinken made a direct appeal for Moscow to unblock Ukraine grain exports, saying "It's not your country."

"The fact that the Russian foreign minister spent a large part of the negotiations here not in the room but outside the room underlines that there is not even a millimeter of willingness to talk on the part of the Russian government at the moment," Baerbock said.

Borrell, told reporters that Lavrov's departure "not very respectful" and that the minister spoke, but did not wait to hear other remarks. 

Russia's foreign minister addressed the press before he left. Lavrov said that if the EU and US planned to help Ukraine win in the war with Moscow "then we probably have nothing to discuss with the West."