Absence of Foreign Minister Of Japan From G-20?

The absence of Foreign Minister of Japan Hayashi Yoshimasa from G -20 meeting of foreign ministers surprised many keen political watchers throughout the world source say. The foreign ministry of Japan says in a communique that due to some serious commitments of parliament he could not attend source says. The statement also says that he has requested the government to go to attend the Quad meeting source says. This show how much importance is given by Japan government to the G-20 source says. The Indian government is also perturbed because its agenda of global warming, food security, and the global south have taken a back seat somewhere due to Russia and Ukraine war source says. So far Indian government has not condemned the Russian government for the war but rather preferred to abstain from almost all meetings of world forums. source says.