Zelenskyy on possible Trump-Putin meeting at G20: Ukraine will support such format

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said during a briefing in New York that the G20 summit in Miami could provide a venue for a trilateral meeting involving Ukraine, the US and Russia. He has added that Kyiv will support such a format if an agreement is reached on it.

Source: Ukrainian Pravda, citing Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne

Quote: “I believe this is one of the best opportunities put forward by the US side, by President Trump, regarding the G20. I believe this could be an opportunity for a trilateral meeting that could produce a tangible result.”

Details: Zelenskyy explained that, in his view, the G20 format itself creates opportunities for productive negotiations, as the summit will bring together not only Ukraine’s European partners but also China, India, Middle Eastern countries and others, some of which continue to maintain economic ties with Russia.

“This is, in my view, a possible environment where there could be a result. Of course, Ukraine will support it if such a format is approved and there is a corresponding agreement,” he added.

Background:

  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed hope that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 leaders’ summit, which will take place in Miami in December this year.
  • Bloomberg has reported that Putin is likely to skip the G20 summit, which will be attended by US President Donald Trump.
  • It recently emerged that Putin rejected a proposal from Zelenskyy to hold talks on ending the war on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
  • Trump himself has said that he does not know whether Putin would agree to a trilateral meeting with Zelenskyy in Miami.

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5 comments

  1. Cut the crap, Putler will never meet Zelensky. Meeting with Zelensky would destroy Putlers claims that Zelensky is Illegitimate.

  2. Phillips P. OBrien

    When historians look back on Trump’s foreign policy in a century, I bet these are their verdict on his most famous policies:

    The support of Russia–the most evil

    The pillaging of Venezuela–the most corrupt

    The decision to go to war with Iran–the most incompetent

    The abandonment of Taiwan–the most geopolitically catastrophic

    The China policy–the most craven

    The destruction of US relations with its allies–the most stupid.

  3. DW Phillips

    This is a day to remember Marco Rubio – Betrayer of Freedom

    If you ever expected positive results and good behavior from Trump, you were bamboozled. If you thought those possible from Vance, the same. But it is understandable that some of us out there had hopes that the one time anti-communist champion who described Putin as a war criminal, would aspire to better behavior.

    Not so. And today is a reminder why his treachery must be remembered.

    Earlier today Marco Rubio exited a face to face with Sergei Lavrov – propagandist, butcher, committed Soviet and facilitator of the suffering of tens of millions —and made an announcement: The United States has formally invited Putin to the G20 leaders. And there is more — the very men responsible for more rapes, abductions and criminality than Jeffrey Epstein conceived in his wildest dreams — have a golden ticket to Trump’s National Doral, the president’s golf resort outside Miami. That’s right, the red carpet of Alaska now morphs to a VIP visit to the links with Trump.

    Mr. Rubio. You will never be president. We will not allow that to happen.

    • Right you are DW.
      But how do you stop VanZkov taking over? I mean; he’s an evil piece of shit who makes Rubio seem almost decent.

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