Will Putin participate in the G20 summit in Florida? Trump answers
A high-ranking White House official confirmed to Agence France-Presse on Thursday that Russia will be invited to the G20 summit. For its part, Moscow has not yet announced whether its President Vladimir Putin will attend personally. The White House official said, requesting anonymity: "No formal invitation has been extended yet, but member of the G20 and will be invited to attend ministerial meetings and the Leaders’ Summit"To be held at a golf resort owned by the Trump family. Russian news agencies had quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin as saying on Wednesday that his country had been invited to participate in the summit. "At the highest level" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov clarified on Thursday that the issue of Vladimir Putin’s personal participation in the summit has not yet been resolved. Peskov said during his daily press conference. "No decision has been taken on this matter yet, but Russia has participated in each summit at the appropriate level. As the summit approaches, a decision will be made on the form of our participation" Putin did not attend the previous G20 summit in Johannesburg in November 2025, due to an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court on charges of committing "War crimes" Against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Moscow was represented by its economic advisor, Maxim Oreshkin, in South Africa. The United States holds the rotating presidency of the G20 this year and is a forum for economic cooperation between the most prominent advanced and emerging economies in the world.
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