China and Russia snub the G20. Di Maio relaunches: anti-poverty pact

MATERA – There is talk of “multilateralism” at the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers in Matera, but there are two significant absences that risk depriving this word of meaning. It is not a complete defection, that of China and Russia, but a low-profile presence, just as the two leaders, Xi Jinping e Vladimir Putin, perhaps not by chance chose Monday, coinciding with the official start of the appointment between the great economies of the planet under the Italian presidency, to celebrate the renewal of their pact of close collaboration in a summit via video link.