The United States refuses to “act as if nothing” happened after inviting Putin to the G20 summit


The United States said this Friday that it refuses to “act as if nothing” had happened after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, commenting on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the summit of the G20 scheduled for November, in Indonesia.

“The United States continues to think that Russia’s participation in the international community and international institutions cannot be done as usual,” the deputy spokeswoman for the United States told reporters. Department of StateJalina Porter,

Porter did not clarify whether or not Washington will participate in the summit to be held on the tourist island of Bali, to which the Ukrainian president was also invited. Volodymyr Zelensky.

The American president Joe Biden “He has publicly expressed his opposition to President Putin attending the G20. We have welcomed the Ukrainians who attend,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.

“We have conveyed our opinion that we don’t think they should be a part of this in public or in private,” he said. Psaki.

He noted that the United States was in contact with the Indonesians and that the invitation to Russia came before its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia, unlike Ukraine, is a member of the group of 20 which is made up of the world’s largest economies.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo suggested the invitation to Zelensky was a compromise after calls from the West not to invite Putin.

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