Moscow is grateful and appreciative of Washington\u2019s move, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said<\/p>\n
The Kremlin has responded to the invitiation the US has extended to Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the upcoming G20 summit in Miami, Florida in December.
\nUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed earlier today that Washington had invited Putin to attend the gathering.
\nRussia is \u201cgrateful and appreciative,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told told RIA Novosti on Wednesday night.
\nPeskov added that a decision on Putin\u2019s possible attendance will be made and relayed through diplomatic channels.
\nThe summit is scheduled for December 14-15 in Miami, with US President Donald Trump set to host it at his Doral golf resort. Putin has not attended a G20 summit in person since 2019, initially because of the pandemic and later amid the fallout from the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022.
\nMoscow said earlier that Russia will be represented at the summit at a high level but it remains unclear whether Putin plans to attend personally.
\nSpeaking to journalists earlier on Wednesday, Rubio expressed his hope that the Russian president would arrive for the summit. \u201cWe hope that\u2019s an invitation he\u2019ll accept. There\u2019s an opportunity in December if that happens.\u201d
\nTrump himself had stated earlier that he would like to see his Russian counterpart at the summit. \u201cIf he came, it would be probably very helpful,\u201d the US president said in April. He also welcomed the presence of a senior Russian delegation at the G20 in early September despite protests from EU officials who refused to appear alongside Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov in the gathering\u2019s traditional \u201cfamily photo.\u201d
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