US Secretary of State: "Putin Invited to December G20... Expecting Acceptance"

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to the Group of 20 (G20) summit to be held in the United States in December.

During a briefing at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the 23rd (local time), Secretary Rubio stated that President Putin had been invited to the G20 summit and that he expects the invitation to be accepted.

Rubio added that if President Putin attends, it would provide an opportunity for him to interact with leaders from various countries, including U.S. President Donald Trump.

This is interpreted as an indication that the G20 summit could be used as an opportunity at the leader level to devise solutions for ending the war in Ukraine.

Bloomberg News recently reported that while President Putin plans to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in November, he is not expected to attend the G20 summit.

This year's G20 summit will take place from December 14 to 15 at President Trump's golf resort in Miami, Florida.

Late last month, the United States invited Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting held in North Carolina, which drew backlash from European nations.

European countries have sought to exclude Russia from the international diplomatic stage since its invasion of Ukraine.

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