Russian President Vladimir Putin was invited to and accepted the opportunity to attend the G-20 summit, but the Pentagon doesn’t believe the invitation should’ve been extended.
Putin informed Indonesian President Joko Widodo that he “would attend” the summit, Widodo said in a statement on Friday, while Pentagon spokesman John Kirby responded to the news, saying that Putin “absolutely” shouldn’t be invited considering his decision to invade Ukraine.
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