President Donald Trump has invited Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit, which will be held at the Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, on 14 and 15 December.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the invitation following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Russia remains a member of the G20 despite Russia’s war against Ukraine, although Putin has stayed away from recent summits.
Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a state visit and bilateral talks with President Trump. Trump personally greeted Xi at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, ahead of formal talks at the White House. Xi’s visit runs from 23 to 25 September and coincides with the UN General Assembly in New York, although he is not attending the Assembly.
The pair are expected to continue discussions from where they left off during Trump’s visit to China and summit with Xi Jinping in May.
Feature photo from Reuters.
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