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G-20 a big win for Indonesia and President Jokowi, analysts say

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right) with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit on Nov 16.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on Nov 16.

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Any doubts that Indonesia could organise and pull off the Group of 20 (G-20) Leaders’ Summit were put to rest this week after a meeting of the world’s largest economies went without a hitch, and ended in a successful joint declaration.

In hosting the summit, the G-20 president and only South-east Asian country in the grouping had to surmount the challenges posed by

Russia’s war in Ukraine

and the tensions between the US and China.

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