Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Kremlin Rejects Zelenskyy’s G20 Meeting Proposal in Miami
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said he could meet Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, at the G20 summit in Miami.
He said this would happen if both leaders were invited.
Russia’s Kremlin said a meeting in Miami was impossible.
Russian officials said Zelenskyy could instead travel to Moscow.
Moscow said it was not considering another location.
Russia and Ukraine are still discussing how direct talks might happen.
Their diplomatic efforts have not produced a confirmed breakthrough.
Putin and Zelenskyy last met in person in Paris in 2019.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G20 summit in Miami if both were invited.
The Kremlin called a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting in Miami “impossible.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia remained ready to host Zelenskyy in Moscow.
Moscow said its position had not changed and did not identify an alternative venue.
The leaders last met face-to-face in December 2019 during Normandy Four talks in Paris.
- Who
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
- What
- The Kremlin rejected Zelenskyy’s proposed Putin-Zelenskyy meeting at the G20 summit in Miami and offered Moscow as the venue for direct talks.
- When
- The statement was published on September 12, 2026; the proposed meeting concerns the upcoming G20 summit.
- Where
- Zelenskyy proposed Miami, while Moscow said a direct meeting could take place in Moscow.
- Why
- The Kremlin said its position was that a face-to-face meeting should take place in the Russian capital.
Ukrainian Proposal
Russian Position
Meeting location
Ukrainian Proposal
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Miami at the G20 summit if both leaders were invited.
Russian Position
The Kremlin said a meeting in Miami was “impossible” and that Russia was ready to receive Zelenskyy in Moscow.
Alternative venue
Ukrainian Proposal
Ukraine proposed the G20 gathering as a setting for direct talks between the two leaders.
Russian Position
Moscow said its position had not changed and did not propose another location; it maintained that a direct meeting could take place in the Russian capital.
- Proposed venue
- Miami, on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 summit
- Russia’s proposed venue
- Moscow
- Kremlin spokesperson
- Dmitry Peskov
- Statement date
- September 12, 2026
- Last face-to-face meeting
- December 2019 in Paris during Normandy Four talks
- Diplomatic context
- Efforts to revive negotiations have not produced a confirmed breakthrough
