Zelensky says US-Russia-Ukraine talks could take place at G20

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a meeting involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia could take place during the G20 summit in Miami, but he said Washington and Moscow had not confirmed that arrangement. The summit is due in December. The proposed gathering remains a possibility, not a confirmed meeting. Zelensky described several possible venues.

Alongside the United States, he named the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and a European country as options. The accounts report the same set of potential locations; neither identifies a final choice. Zelensky said the United States had consistently mentioned the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia.

The summit setting has a notable institutional feature: the Group of 20 includes the United States and Russia but excludes Ukraine. The proposed talks would therefore involve Ukraine at a summit whose membership does not include it. The sources do not describe how a meeting would be arranged alongside the summit or whether it would be part of the summit’s formal program.

In a recorded press interview, Zelensky said Ukraine’s negotiating delegation remained in contact with the United States. The account also reported a meeting on October 16 between Rustem Umerov, identified as the head of Ukraine’s foreign intelligence agency, and US special envoy Jared Kushner.

It did not provide details of what the two discussed or say that the meeting confirmed the proposed trilateral gathering. Zelensky also said Ukraine was conducting related negotiations with Europe.

The reporting does not specify which European governments took part, what subjects those discussions covered, or how they relate to the possible meeting with Russia and the United States. That leaves the European discussions as a separate stated strand of diplomatic activity rather than evidence of an agreed summit format.

The accounts place the proposal in the context of preparations for the December G20 summit, while leaving its timing, venue and participation unconfirmed. Zelensky’s remarks establish that he hopes a three-country meeting could happen; they do not establish that Russia or the United States has accepted.

The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the United States and a European country remain possibilities described by Zelensky, not selected locations. The next developments that would clarify the proposal are confirmation from the United States and Russia, a decision on whether to hold the meeting, and selection of a venue.

The reporting provides no agreed schedule or outcome for such talks. For now, the clearest account is of a Ukrainian proposal described by Zelensky, ongoing contact between Ukrainian and US representatives, and no confirmation from either of the other two governments.