US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has suggested that Washington may invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the G 20 leaders' summit in December, particularly if his participation could produce positive results.
Source: Rubio at a press conference in Atlanta, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Rubio was asked whether the Ukrainian president would be invited to the G 20 summit in Miami on 14–15 December, to which Russian leader Vladimir Putin has also been invited.
He said the decision is up to US President Donald Trump.
Quote: "Look, that's a leader's-level meeting. That would be up to the president to decide. I wouldn't rule it out, especially if something positive could happen as a result of him [Zelenskyy – ed.] attending. But I don't have an announcement on that today."
Background: The US has invited Putin to the December G 20 summit in Miami, where he could hold a meeting with Trump. It was reported that Putin had rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's proposal to hold talks on ending the war on the sidelines of the G 20 summit in the US. Trump himself said he does not know whether Putin will agree to a trilateral meeting with Zelenskyy in Miami.
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