"I would do it. No problem." Trump on Putin and Zelensky at the G20 summit

At a Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Donald Trump was asked by journalists whether he would invite Volodymyr Zelensky to the G20 summit. I would do it. No problem, he said.

He also referred to Ukraine's renewed attacks on Russian refineries. He said his administration was talking to Ukraine about the issue and added that "the war between Ukraine and Russia will end in the not too distant future."

On Saturday, the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, also spoke about a possible invitation to Zelensky during the conference after the meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Atlanta. He stressed that the decision to invite Zelensky rests with President Donald Trump and did not rule out such a possibility.

Especially if something positive would result from his presence, he added on the sidelines of the meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Atlanta.

Vladimir Putin was invited to the summit, but Rubio noted that he did not know whether he would come to Florida. Zelensky did not receive an invitation, but Ukrainians have long declared their readiness, including for a trilateral meeting: USA-Ukraine-Russia.

The U.S. Secretary of State reported that in Atlanta he briefly raised with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov the possibility of a possible meeting of leaders during the November APEC summit in Shenzen, China.