Overview
- The U.S. State Department signaled Russia, as a G20 member, will be invited to ministerial meetings and the leaders’ summit, while noting formal invitations are still pending.
- President Trump said he has not sent an invitation to Vladimir Putin and added that Putin’s attendance would be very useful.
- Trump also voiced doubt that Putin would attend and repeated his view that the United States should talk with all countries.
- The Kremlin and a deputy foreign minister said an invitation was extended at the highest level, while adding Russia will decide its participation format closer to the summit.
- An International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued in 2023 for Putin, along with Russia’s in-person absence from G20 summits since 2019, hangs over any decision about travel to Miami in December.