"Personal relations soured": Expert suggests why Zelenskyy wasn’t invited to G20 in Brazil

He shared his opinions on Espreso TV.

“A few observers have pointed out that Zelenskyy didn’t get an invite to this G20 summit. I assume they’ll provide some explanation during the event. But what really matters is that Ukraine will still be a key topic of discussion. That said, this G20 summit doesn’t lean toward supporting cooperation with Putin or giving him any decisive advantage,” Rybachuk commented.

He stated that Brazil is one of the reasons Zelenskyy was not invited, as the G20 summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro on November 18–19.

“The lack of an invite for Zelenskyy is less about the G20 as a whole and more about strained relations between Lula (Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) and Zelenskyy. Their personal relationship hasn’t clicked, which could easily explain it. After all, the host country has the final say on who gets invited,” he concluded.

• Meanwhile, on July 30, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Brazilian President Lula and confirmed his attendance at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on November 18–19.
• On October 18, Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced he would skip the summit in Brazil,where he can get arrested under the International Criminal Court’s warrant. Putin claimed he didn’t want to “cause disruptions” at the event.
• On November 18, Bloomberg reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans to present his own proposal at the G20 for resolving the war in Ukraine by freezing the conflict along the current front lines.