Leaders from the world’s 20 biggest economies met in Bali for the G20 summit and some of them were huddled in a special session to discuss the Poland blast.
US President Joe Biden convened the meeting and he was pictured sitting around a conference table with leaders from countries including Canada, France, Germany and Italy. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is also taking part although Japan is not a NATO member.
Officials have not said how long the meeting will last.
Biden said “no” when reporters asked whether he could share what he knows about the explosion.
He did not comment when asked about possible Russian involvement.
The US president has said early information suggested the Polish explosion might not have been caused by a missile fired from Russia.
Asked about claims that it was linked to Russia, Biden said: “There is preliminary information that contests that. I don’t want to say that until we completely investigate it but it is unlikely in the lines of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia but we’ll see.”
He says the US and NATO would investigate fully before acting.
- Poland had said a Russian-made missile hit the eastern village of Przewodow near the border with Ukraine, killing two people.
