Russian authorities have assured that the option of the president, Vladimir Putin, traveling to the United States for the G20 leaders summit to be hosted in Miami has not yet been discussed, and that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has pointed to it as the moment to hold a face-to-face with the Russian president to advance the end of the war.
“Everyone has been invited, as far as I know, except South Africa, unfortunately. Work continues here at the expert level. Our experts are still working on the documents for the summit, so everything continues as normal,” presidential advisor Yuri Ushakov told the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
In this regard, he emphasized that the Russian president’s trip to Miami “has not even been debated.” “If Zelensky really wants to meet with Putin, he can come to Moscow,” he added.
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The Ukrainian leader has expressed his willingness to meet with Putin within the framework of the G20 leaders meeting, if the Russian leader ultimately attends the event.
“We have to meet, talk and make decisions. It’s not about words, about what I am going to say to him or what he wants to say,” Zelensky said in statements to German television Deutsche Welle, when asked if he sees a face-to-face possible within the framework of that meeting.
