As the summit wrapped up, Albanese reiterated that that was the path to peace.

“I used the opportunity of the bilateral with President Xi to encourage him to use his influence to promote peace and to pressure Russia into withdrawal from Ukraine. That’s the solution,” he said.

It was a message echoed by French President Emmanual Macron, who met Albanese on Wednesday.

Macron told a news conference that China needed to figure actively in seeking an end to the violence in Ukraine.

“I’m convinced China can play, on our side, a more important mediating role in the coming months, to prevent in particular a stronger return of ground assaults in early February,” Macron said.

The G20 statement was a diplomatic achievement for Indonesia President and G20 host Joko Widodo.

Given the circumstances, there had been doubt about whether one could be agreed upon at all.

While it acknowledged division, it said “the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible” and that nations had discussed a United Nations General Assembly resolution in March that “deplores in the strongest possible terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and demands its complete and unconditional withdrawal from the territory of Ukraine”.

Widodo said the wording on the war, which he called a “violation of territorial integrity” had been thrashed out until late on Tuesday night.

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“Even though the debate was heated, everyone has agreed and the Bali declaration has been announced,” he said.

“This war has caused massive public suffering and also jeopardised the global economy, which is still vulnerable from the global pandemic, also caused a risk for food and energy crisis as well as financial crisis.

“We agreed that the war has a negative impact to the global economy. Global economic recovery will also not be achieved without any peace.”