Zelenskyy Says He Is Ready to Meet Putin at December G20 Summit in Miami

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is prepared to attend the G20 summit in Miami in December and meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin there if Putin also takes part in the gathering.

In an interview with Deutsche Welle conducted on September 11 at the Canadian Forces Base North Bay, Zelenskyy said a face-to-face meeting should focus on reaching concrete decisions rather than exchanging statements.

“Yes, of course. We have to come. We have to meet, talk and make decisions,” Zelenskyy said when asked whether he would be willing to meet Putin at the summit. The Ukrainian president added that the substance of any potential meeting would be measured by its outcome.

“It does not matter what I tell him or what he wants to tell me. Only the result will matter. That is all,” Zelenskyy said. The G20 leaders’ summit in Miami is scheduled for December 14-15, 2026. Ukraine is currently not listed among the invited non-G20 countries on the summit’s official website.

It also remains unclear whether Putin will attend the meeting in person.

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Zelenskyy has previously said that Ukraine, the US, and Russia could hold a trilateral meeting as early as this autumn. He said he first plans to meet US President Donald Trump in September, after which work could begin on organizing broader negotiations.

The Ukrainian president has named Switzerland, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates among possible venues for future trilateral talks, saying other countries have also offered to host negotiations. He has indicated that issues including energy and grain could be discussed.

Zelenskyy and Putin have not held direct talks since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Their only in-person meeting took place in Paris on December 9, 2019, during a Normandy Format summit involving Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany. Zelenskyy and Putin held a brief bilateral meeting before wider negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations.

Earlier, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner discussed the possibility of a limited winter ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, potentially including a mutual pause on strikes against energy infrastructure.

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