00:02the european union will use the upcoming g20 summit in miami to condemn russia's full-scale
00:08invasion of ukraine regardless of whether russian president vladimir putin accepts
00:12the american invitation to attend the high profile gathering since 2022 the eu has consistently and
00:20forcefully used g20 meetings to condemn russia's full-scale invasion and to call for it to end
00:28what i can say today is that this approach from the european union perspective will continue
00:34irrespective of the participants at any g20 meeting u.s secretary of state marco rubio has confirmed
00:41on wednesday that his country which holds the rotating g20 presidency has formally invited
00:47putin to attend the summit in miami if you only meet with people that you agree with then you know
00:52these are very nice meetings but nothing happens in order to solve problems you have to meet with
00:56people that you disagree with or the people that you might have some issues with so we've invited
01:00president putin to the g20 in response the kremlin said it was grateful and appreciative and would
01:06study the invitation putin has skipped g20 summits since the start of russia's war in ukraine his last
01:12in person attendance was in osaka in 2019
