Did Marco Rubio say the Trump administration invited Vladimir Putin to the December 2026 G20 summit in Miami?

Yes. On September 23, 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that the Trump administration had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the upcoming G20 summit in Miami.

Rubio said the invitation was an opportunity for Putin to engage with President Trump and other world leaders, and that he hoped Putin would accept. The remarks came after Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

Source: Al Jazeera

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