White House Says Zelenskiy Should Join G-20 If Putin Attends
- Indonesian president said Putin, Xi will attend summit
- Biden has called for Russia to be removed from Group of 20
Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Vladimir Putin
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The White House said Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should take part in a Group of 20 summit in Bali if Vladimir Putin attends, after Indonesia’s leader said the Russian president would probably join.
“As President Biden has said publicly himself, he does not think President Putin should attend the G-20 as he wages his war against Ukraine,” the White House National Security Council said in a statement. But if Putin does attend, the US believes that Zelenskiy should participate too.