Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opposed the US administration’s idea of inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 summit in Miami. This was reported by the Italian ANSA agency on Friday, April 24.
“I think we now have to ask Putin to take some steps forward, and not take them ourselves. I think it’s time to ask the Russian Federation to do that,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Italian President indicated that she had not received any news from US President Donald Trump since last week, according to the statement. condition.
Russia will be represented at the appropriate level at the G20 summit in Miami. This was announced on the same day by the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov. According to him, Moscow received an invitation from Donald Trump to attend the summit. Peskov believes that this can be considered a proposal to continue the political dialogue initiated by the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States in Alaska.
A day before that, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin said that Russia had received an invitation to participate at the highest level in the G20 summit, which will be held on December 14 and 15 in Miami.