Washington invites Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami, and the Kremlin says it is "grateful"

South Africa

2 SOURCES

Factual reading centered on own issues · 2 of 28 countries

Pretoria is downplaying the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami by contrasting it with the ongoing Russian strikes targeting Kyiv despite the Lavrov-Rubio talks.

Germany

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Western Europe and nuanced, distant readings · 8 of 28 countries

Berlin is receiving the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin with caution, focusing less on the diplomatic gesture than on Marco Rubio's warning of a risk of the conflict spreading to other countries, including Germany itself.

Argentina

2 SOURCES

Latin America, reading through the UN week · 5 of 28 countries

Buenos Aires is viewing the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin through the lens of its own relationship with Marco Rubio, who was received by Javier Milei in New York on Tuesday, rather than directly commenting on its implications.

Brazil

3 SOURCES

Latin America, reading through the UN week · 5 of 28 countries

Brasília is gauging the impact of the invitation extended by Washington to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami, having presided over the summit two years ago, and sees it as a test of diplomatic method rather than a step towards peace in Ukraine.

Canada

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Ottawa is tempering the diplomatic enthusiasm on display in New York: as long as the strikes continue on energy infrastructure, the Canadian press judges the resumption of dialogue to be more symbolic than effective on the ground.

Chile

2 SOURCES

Latin America, reading through the UN week · 5 of 28 countries

Santiago sees Putin's invitation to the G20 in Miami as an extension of a Trump method already in place: receiving in New York leaders with whom Washington disagrees, from Zelensky to Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, while leaving Moscow to respond with measured gratitude.

China

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2 SOURCES

Western Europe and nuanced, distant readings · 8 of 28 countries

Beijing views the invitation to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami in light of an energy truce that is still uncertain and persistent diplomatic frictions between Moscow and Washington at the UN.

Colombia

2 SOURCES

Latin America, reading through the UN week · 5 of 28 countries

Bogotá sees the same diplomatic gesture behind the invitation to Putin: receiving, in the same week of the UN, those with whom Washington disagrees, from Delcy Rodríguez to Zelensky, and then the Kremlin in December.

Estonia

2 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Tallinn is gauging the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin in light of warnings from its own intelligence services: a Russia that could test NATO in the coming months, while Washington mentions a limited pause regarding grains and energy.

United States

4 SOURCES

Washington-Moscow, direct dialogue reading · 3 of 28 countries

The United States links the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami to Donald Trump's personal method, which multiplies diplomatic one-on-ones rather than waiting for a prior settlement in Ukraine.

Finland

4 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Helsinki is sending a dual signal: President Alexander Stubb confirms he will attend the G20 summit in Miami in December, at the same table where Washington has invited Vladimir Putin, while Kyiv is simultaneously waving the risk of a Russian strike targeting Finland.

France

incl. 1 state outlet

5 SOURCES

Western Europe and nuanced, distant readings · 8 of 28 countries

Paris is separating the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami from the reality on the front, where Sergey Lavrov has just closed the door to any pause in the war, just hours after Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready for an energy moratorium and Emmanuel Macron called for a "double moratorium" on strikes.

Greece

2 SOURCES

Western Europe and nuanced, distant readings · 8 of 28 countries

Athens sees the invitation extended by Washington to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami as a reopened channel with Moscow, which Russian emissary Kirill Dmitriev has already begun to test in New York.

Hungary

4 SOURCES

Western Europe and nuanced, distant readings · 8 of 28 countries

Budapest is examining the diplomatic mechanics of the invitation to Vladimir Putin for the G20 summit in Miami, between the enthusiasm displayed by Marco Rubio and the skepticism of Donald Trump himself regarding the actual holding of a meeting.

Iran

5 SOURCES

Western Europe and nuanced, distant readings · 8 of 28 countries

Tehran is particularly mindful of the very personal backdrop to the invitation: Putin invited to the G20 summit in Miami, set to take place at Trump's golf club, while Moscow responds with caution and Kiev takes a tougher tone at the UN.

Italy

3 SOURCES

Western Europe and nuanced, distant readings · 8 of 28 countries

Rome is eyeing the calculated caution with which Moscow has accepted the American invitation to the G20 in Miami, without seeing the outline of a thaw with Kiev.

Latvia

3 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Riga is weighing the Rubio-Lavrov rapprochement in New York through the prism of its own security, more than that of a future summit: the warning from the US Secretary of State about the risk of the war spreading to NATO's eastern flank holds more attention from Latvia than the diplomatic perspective itself.

Lithuania

3 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Vilnius is gauging the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin in light of the front line: on the same day, Sergey Lavrov refused in front of the UN to stop the war, and Kyiv is demanding guarantees before any summit.

Norway

2 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Oslo is measuring Putin's invitation to the G20 in Miami against the backdrop of a war that continues: Zelensky is proposing a limited ceasefire for energy infrastructure but admits he is not sure if Russia is ready.

Peru

2 SOURCES

Latin America, reading through the UN week · 5 of 28 countries

Lima sees the invitation to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami as the diplomatic extension of the same UN week, where Marco Rubio is pushing for an energy truce while Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Moscow of recruiting fighters in 47 countries.

Poland

3 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Warsaw denounces the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami as a concession offered to Moscow, while Russia refuses any pause in the fighting beyond grain and energy.

Portugal

3 SOURCES

Western Europe and nuanced, distant readings · 8 of 28 countries

Lisbon questions the meaning of the invitation extended to a leader who has been the subject of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court since 2023, while Moscow already refuses to see it as a simple pause in the war.

Romania

3 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Bucharest fears that the diplomatic opening between Washington and Moscow will overshadow the most concrete warning of the week: the risk, highlighted by Marco Rubio, that the war will spread through sabotage or mistake to Ukraine's neighboring countries.

Russia

incl. 1 state outlet

5 SOURCES

Washington-Moscow, direct dialogue reading · 3 of 28 countries

Moscow welcomes an invitation that it sees as a sign of American seriousness, while refusing to view it as a pause in the fighting.

Serbia

2 SOURCES

Washington-Moscow, direct dialogue reading · 3 of 28 countries

Belgrade sees Putin's invitation to the G20 in Miami as proof that Washington is breaking with the "Biden logic" towards the EU and London, while Kiev takes a tougher stance and refuses to travel to Moscow.

Singapore

2 SOURCES

Factual reading centered on own issues · 2 of 28 countries

Singapore views the US invitation to Vladimir Putin less as a protocol gesture than as a sign of a possible truce on the grain and energy routes that its imports depend on.

Sweden

5 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Stockholm is deciphering the invitation extended to Vladimir Putin for the G20 in Miami as a double-edged gesture, between a desired opportunity for dialogue wanted by Washington and an anticipated gift to Moscow according to the critical reading of the Dagens Nyheter.

Ukraine

3 SOURCES

North and East European security vigilance · 10 of 28 countries

Kyiv is dissociating Washington's diplomatic gesture from any real progress towards peace: Moscow welcomes the G20 invitation without conceding anything on the ground, where Sergey Lavrov rules out any pause in the "special military operation" during negotiations.