Dhaka, July 6 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will call on G20 nations this week to put pressure on Russia to support UN efforts to reopen sea lanes blocked by the Ukraine conflict and repeat warnings to China not to support Moscow's war effort.

Blinken heads to Asia on Wednesday for a meeting of Group of 20 foreign ministers in Bali on Friday. His trip will include his first meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi since October, but no meeting is expected with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, reports Reuters.

Analysts foresee a contentious G20 ministerial in which Washington and its allies blame Moscow for global food shortages since its Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine, a major grain exporter, while Russia, also a major expo...