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The summit,
expected to be held in early September in the eastern Chinese
city of Hangzhou, will gather major world leaders together like
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama.
Japan next month hosts a summit of Group of Seven (G7) nations,
which China is not a part of, and has proposed discussing issues
like Russia, Ukraine's conflict and the threat posed by North
Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Speaking to reporters after meeting his German counterpart,
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China wanted to make
proposals at the G20 about global economic growth.
"We hope that the G7 can be like the G20 and concentrate on
economic and development topics countries of the world are the
most focused on," Wang said.
"...If certain countries, because of political aims, insert
concrete issues like problems left over from history or disputes
over territory or sovereignty into the G20, not only will this
not benefit the issues' resolution, it could impact upon the
regional situation and stability and is inadvisable."
He did not elaborate or name any country.
China has rattled nerves around the region with its increasingly
assertive moves over territorial disputes in the East and South
China Seas.
China disputes ownership with Japan of a group of uninhabited
islets in the East China Sea.
China claims most of the resource-rich South China Sea amid
rival claims by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and
Vietnam.
(Reporting by Michael Martina and Natalie Thomas; Writing by Ben
Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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