Trump invites Putin to G20 summit in Miami
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in New York that President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami in December, as Washington pushes for a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami in December, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday, as Washington continues its efforts to broker an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“In order to solve problems, you have to meet with the people that you disagree with or the people that you might have some issues with,” Rubio told reporters in New York. “So we’ve invited President Putin to the G20.”
“We think it’s an opportunity for him to engage not just with the president, but with other world leaders. We hope that’s an invitation he’ll accept,” he added.
Rubio spoke shortly after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The announcement came on the same day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his UNGA address to call for more financial pressure on Moscow. “When someone gives Russia more money through trade, they give this war more time,” he said.
Lavrov, addressing the UN Security Council, said Moscow would not halt its campaign: “We are not going to have a pause in our special military operation,” accusing Europe of wanting to “pump the Kyiv regime with weapons.”
Rubio said both sides had expressed interest in a limited ceasefire involving grain and energy, while Zelenskyy said Kyiv remains open to a Black Sea maritime truce: “We are waiting for Russia’s response.”
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin in 2023; the United States is not a member of the court.
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