The Ukrainian president favors concrete results over formal diplomatic discussions.
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The United States holds the presidency of the G20 this year. US envoys recently visited Moscow and kyiv to try to restart talks on the war.
Soon a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin? The Ukrainian president said he was ready to speak with his Russian counterpart, in an interview published on a German channel on Saturday. A meeting which could be held, if it takes place, during a G20 summit organized in Miami in December.
Asked by Deutsche Welle whether he would meet Vladimir Putin at the meeting if both leaders are invited, he replied: “Yes, of course. We must come. We need to meet, talk and make decisions.” “It’s not the words that matter. What I'm going to say to him or what he wants to say to me, it doesn't matter. […] Only the result counts,” he added.
“A good signal”
Washington recently tried to revive long-stalled diplomatic efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, with the visit of US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and kyiv last weekend. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump also discussed the war last week in an “extremely frank” telephone conversation, according to the Kremlin.
Mr. Zelensky said in the interview with the German channel, which took place on Friday, that the visit of the American envoys was a “good signal,” and that it was important that the duo visited kyiv as well as Moscow. “It is a mark of respect towards our people,” he noted. The United States holds the presidency of the G20 this year. In early September, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was hosted at a G20 meeting in North Carolina, causing “unease” among Ukraine’s European allies.
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Potential meeting at the G20 summit in Miami in December.
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